While walking near her home in Guilford, CT, Elizabeth A. Braun was hit by a car and killed Nov 4, 2015. She was 73 years old. A celebration of her life will be held in California next summer.

Born in Baltimore, MD, on July 25, 1942, Elizabeth's family moved to San Francisco, CA when she was five. Graduatung from Mercy High School in Burlingame she completed a B.S. in nursing from the University of San Francisco in 1960, a master's degree in psychiatric-nursing from Yale Universityin 1978, and a Ph.D. in clinical-psychology from Fielding Graduate University in 1994.

After college, Elizabeth moved to Europe where she worked and traveled before returning to the west coast to pursue her nursing career while taking graduate courses in English at UC - Berkley. After completing her degree at Yale she worked as a psychiatric-nurse in Boston for ten years before returning to CA to pursue her doctorate while working at the Veterans Administration hospital in Palo Alto. Upon receiving her license she began her career as a clinical-psychotherapist in 1997 establishing a practice in Carmel, CA, while serving as president of the Northern California Group-Psychotherapy Society. In 2001 she moved to Manhattan to provide comfort and support to those traumatized in the aftermath of 9/11 as a Red Cross volunteer. In 2006 she moved to Guilford, CT, where she continued her clinical psychotherapy practice until her death.

Elizabeth was preceded in death by her mother, Eugenia (Anderson), her father, Joseph, and her stepmother Patricia (O'Connor). Surviving her is a brother, Joseph, and sister-in-law, Anne E. Gosch, of Carmel. Also surviving are a stepsister, Patricia Angley, and brother-in-law, Jerry Angley; her nieces, Sage Elizabeth Jansen and Natalie Angley; a nephew, Tom Angley; and, her great-niece, Ashley Angley.

To say Elizabeth was an animal lover would be an understatement, owning numerous dogs and cats over the years as well as a horse. She loved nature and worked as a volunteer interpreter at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. She became an avid fan of the Red Sox and horseracing's Triple Crown. Elizabeth always loved traveling, particularly to New York City for theater and symphonies.

Elizabeth's life as a nurse, and later a psychotherapist, was dedicated to providing physical comfort and emotional support to those in need. Her spirit now shines among the stars bringing light to those she left behind.

The following are three organizations to which donations can be made in Elizabeth's honor:

Breast Cancer Research Foundation: http://www.bcrfcure.org/

National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/

American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals: https://www.aspca.org/