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Ann Byrne Obituary and Online Memorial (2019). Share your favorite memories Ann and celebrate their life with the Byrne family on their online obituary.
Jul 9, 2022 · Search all Ann Byrne Obituaries and Death Notices to find upcoming funeral home services, leave condolences for the family, and research genealogy.
- An Unauthorised Eulogy
- Her Childhood
- Her Real Family Before ‘The Family’
- Starting ‘The Family’
- Her Ideology
- Adding to Her ‘Family’
- The Unravelling of Her Family
- Lessons to Be Learned
Friday the 14th of the month! Two days that book-ended two momentous occasions in the life of Anne Hamilton-Byrne, the leader of arguably Australia’s most notorious cult, ‘The Family’. The first one was Friday the 14th of August 1987. I, Ben Shenton formerly known as Benjamin Saul Hamilton-Byrne, along with the other ‘kids’ were rescued from my chi...
Born Evelyn Grace Victoria Edwards in Sale in 31 December 1921, the eldest of seven children, her childhood was troubled. Rather than being descended from French Aristocracy as Anne claimed; her mother Florence Hoile, was from Wandsworth, in South London. She spent most of her life in mental asylums in Australia and eventually died in one. In the 1...
By 1941, aged 20, Anne married her first husband Lionel Harris. He joined the army and soon after was posted interstate, went AWOL for nearly eight months and was arrested by military police after being found with his wife back in Victoria. He served another year before being discharged on compassionate grounds. The Bathurst newspaper reported that...
Anne started teaching yoga in Melbourne and a satellite city close by called Geelong in the 1950’s. The Gita School of Yoga was opened in 1960 in Melbourne by Margrit Segesman, under whom Anne trained and with home whom she worked. Segesman was the daughter of a Swiss banker, she lived in Indian ashrams and followed a Tibetan guru. Anne met her on ...
Anne was able to insert herself into the right situation, with the right people and gain a foothold. She handed out three books Yoga and the Bible by Joseph Lemming which is blatantly blasphemous with its twisting and reinterpretation of Holy Scripture to suit a demonic agenda that denies the divinity of Jesus the Christ, Autobiography of a Yogi by...
Her last husband Bill Byrne was a wealthy Englishman who settled in the La Trobe valley in the Gippsland area of Victoria. He was a member of the local council and had a wife and four children. Their family was never the same when he met Anne Hamilton. His was enamoured with Anne and his wife May was quickly pushed off to the side and sent to the m...
As recounted in late Sarah Moore’s book ‘Unseen, Unheard, Unknown’ the life of Anne’s children at Kai Lama was very regimented and controlled. All newspapers were scoured and articles were censored by being cut out to protect the narrative and control what we believed. Any outside influence that interrupted the ‘echo chamber’ of Anne’s reality was ...
Can this happen again? Have we as a society learnt the necessary lessons to ensure that members of society don’t fall to someone peddling what Anne Hamilton-Byrne did? Are the checks and balances in place in the relevant institutions to ensure that the children which are our future is protected? In short yes it is already happening and I have had t...
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May 21, 2019 · The obituary was featured in The Journal News on May 19, 2019. Anne Byrne passed away at the age of 67 in Valley Cottage, New York. Funeral Home Services for Anne are being provided by...
Mar 19, 2019 · Beloved husband of 63 years to Marianne (nee Sekerak); loving father of John "Jack" (Loida), Matthew, Carolyn Pratt (Ken), Sue, James (Cynthia) and David; grandfather of Hilary, Stephen, Saman.
Aug 21, 2015 · Beloved father of Bridget (John) Kobus, Patrick (Deon) Byrne, and Anne (Steve) Lazer. Loving grandfather of Gavin, Kiera, and Isabel Kobus, and Dillon and Claire Lazer. Dearest son of the late...
