Celestine Favrot Arndt died at her home in Encino, California, on Saturday, July 21st, surrounded by her beloved family. She was 77. Ms. Arndt was born August 3rd, 1940 in Houston, Texas, to Laurence H. Favrot, a businessman and philanthropist, and Johanna de Kanter Favrot, a devoted mother and supporter of historic preservation. She attended St. John’s School in Houston, which she loved, and Brillantmont
1969 - 1994 It seemed to me that Aunt Cely always made good choices. They may have been impetuous or even ill-advised, but her choices always reflected her integrity and her commitment to causes larger than herself, including her large, extended family. So when I have to make a choice, I often ask myself, What Would Cely Do? WWCD? *When you notice someone feeling
1994 - 2018 Creek Walk at Big Oak Canyon with members of environmental organizations: Earthroots Field School, The Ecology Center, Environmental Charter High School and Heal the Bay. Creek Walk at Big Oak Canyon with members of environmental organizations
1969 - 1994 WHEN I RECENTLY WAS WITH CELY ONE OF HER SONS ASKED ME “UNCLE LARRY, TELL ME SOME OF THE EARLY MEMORIES YOU HAVE OF MY MOM”. I THOUGHT AND REALIZED THAT, OTHER THAN A CLOSELY KNIT FAMILY THAT DID MANY MANY THINGS TOGETHER, I HAD NO MEMORIES THAT IMMEDIATELY POPPED INTO MY HEAD. CELY WAS IN THE CLASS AHEAD OF ME
1994 - 2018 Favrot Siblings at Amie & Patrick's Wedding 2015
1994 - 2018 My husband David and I shared many experiences with Cely, including travels in Mexico, India and Nepal. We went to India with my mother and Cely’s mother, and spent one week together traveling in a private railroad car. Cely insisted on David going to the Station Master each night to make sure our car was hooked up to the correct train
1994 - 2018 Seven visits with Cely are all I have to remember my mysterious cousin by. Mysterious, because for the two visits my family made to River Oaks in Houston, Cely wasn't home. Uncle Larry was the oldest in his family and my Mom, was the youngest. Aside from their age difference we lived in Delaware and rarely visited. I first laid eyes
1994 - 2018 Cely at 2018 Favrot Fund Meeting
1994 - 2018
1969 - 1994 I knew Cely for 50 years. That started in August 1968 when she visited me at the AID guest house in New Delhi, sent by a friend to prop me up as I coped awkwardly with life in small temporary quarters with a one- and three-year old in staggering humidity and a confusing search for more permanent housing. At that point,
