
In Memory of Bri A. Knorr
A Life to Celebrate!
September 17, 1922 - April 6, 2020
Where to begin? Bri had such a remarkable and long life. She was born in Los Angeles, CA and died in New York City at the age of 97-1/2, having lived and traveled throughout the world. If you are reading this, you may be family, or a friend in one of the many places she resided - LA, DC, Cambridge (MA & England), Minneapolis, Copenhagen, Kyoto, Strasbourg, Santa Fe and NYC! Remembering Bri, there are many aspects of her extraordinary life which stand out…

Bri's House Growing Up in LA

In Front of Father's Bakery - 1923

Bri's Father's Bakery , LA

Happy

Chin Ups in Back Yard

With Dog Rex - 1936

Growing Up

Bri & Rex On Back Porch

With Braids

Fancy in White - 1940

With Sorority Alpha Omicron Pi

Graduating UCLA

Wedding 1943

Wedding Party

Joy

Honeymoon Camping

Posing with Sculpture

Navy Days - 1944

Dance in Peacoat

Living in DC

Winter Glamor

Night Out

Beatiful Bri

Cambridge, MA - 1949

Bri Expecting in Cambridge, MA 1950

With Newborn Son in Boston, MA 1951

Bri and Son

Bri's Mother with Grandson

Son's 1 Year Birthday - 1952

Cambridge, England - 1952

England - 1952

With Newborn Daughter, Minneapolis - 1954

Bri's Father Visiting with Grandchildren, Minneapolis

Baiting a Hook with Her Father and Son - 1955

Bri with her Mother

Fun with her Son

Her Children

Son's Birthday Party

Family Pose, Minneapolis - 1958

Family Gathering (Husband's Side) - Burbank, CA - 1961

Daughter's Birthday Party

Son Winning the Race

Knorr Family Gathering, LA - 1962

Traveling Through Europe - 1963

Summer in Europe - 1963

TWA Terminal - 1963

New House, Minneapolis - 1964

Family Photo on Deck

Son Showing Artwork

Bri at Walker Art Center Gala

Family on Houseboat - 1966

Son Playing Guitar on Houseboat

Children on the Houseboat

Bri Caught a Big One

St. Croix River Cabin

Europe - 1972

Carriage Ride with Daughter, Spain

Bri on Sculpture in Denmark

On Mont Blanc, France - 1972

Taking Photo, Strasbourg

Bri in Kyoto, Japan - 1975

Bri in Santa Fe, NM

At Hotel La Fonda, Santa Fe

Bri Moves to Eldorado, NM - 1984

Bri's Adobe House - El Dorado, NM

Path around House

Bri's Adobe Interior

Flowering Vine Side of Adobe

Wiley on Mantle

Son and Rose Bush

Son & Daughter Visiting

Bri in Santa Fe

Visiting Indian Monuments

Birdwatching Trip

Santa Fe Reunion

Bri & Daughter, Rio Grande - 1994

Bri, Daughter & Grandson - 1994

Volunteering at the Children's Museum, Santa Fe - 1999

Bri & Family, Children's Museum - 2001

Bri Volunteering with the Snake at the Children's Museum, Santa Fe - 1999

Son Graduating, College of Santa Fe

Planting a Tree in Back Yard

Double Rainbow Behind Bri's House

With her Grandchildren, Old SF Railroad Car - 2001

Visiting Family, NYC - 2000

With Grandchildren, NYC - 2000

Bri at Natural History Museum with Grandchildren

Buying Pumpkins with Son-in-Law & Granddaughter

Princeton U. Sculpture Pose with Grandchildren

Bri, Princeton U. - 2003

Visiting Barnes Museum - 90th Birthday, Philadelphia

Snow in Princeton

Bri at Lott Residence, NYC - 2016

At the MET with Daughter - 2016

Balancing Act with Grandson

Enjoying Ginger Cookies - Christmas 2016

Bri in Conservatory Garden, NYC - 2017

At Conservatory Garden

Smelling the Roses

Bri's 95th at the MET with Niece & Daughter - 2017

Chocolate Birthday Writing

Singing Happy Birthday

Getting Emotional

At the MET with Son-in-Law, Daughter & Niece

Selfie with Daughter & Grandson

Holiday Party Dance - 2017

Dance, Dance, Dance

Bri with Betty Boop and Grandson

Blessing of the Animals, St. John the Divine, NYC - 2018

Watching Peacock - St. John the Divine, NYC - 2018

Napping w. Birdathon Hat

Dancing at the Beauty Parlor - 2019

97th Birthday Cake with Granddaughter

Brunch with Daughter - NYC

Bri Next to Son & Daughter, Santa Fe

Bri Posing
Favorite Poetry, Sweets, Art and Music
The Ponds
Every year the lilies
are so perfect
I can hardly believe
their lapped light crowding
the black,
mid-summer ponds.
Nobody could count all of them —
the muskrats swimming
among the pads and the grasses
can reach out
their muscular arms and touch
only so many, they are that
rife and wild.
But what in this world
is perfect?
I bend closer and see
how this one is clearly lopsided —
and that one wears an orange blight —
and this one is a glossy cheek
half nibbled away —
and that one is a slumped purse
full of its own
unstoppable decay.
Still, what I want in my life
is to be willing
to be dazzled —
to cast aside the weight of facts
and maybe even
to float a little
above this difficult world.
I want to believe I am looking
into the white fire of a great mystery.
I want to believe that the imperfections are nothing —
that the light is everything — that it is more than the sum
of each flawed blossom rising and fading. And I do.
— Mary Oliver
Where The Sidewalk Ends
There is a place where the sidewalk ends
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends.
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.
— Shel Silverstein
Art By Bri’s Son - Matthew D. Hintz




Bri cared deeply for nature and wildlife. Contributions in Bri’s name can be made to the Randall Davey Audubon Center or the World Wildlife Fund.
Memorial Information
A celebration of Bri’s life will be scheduled when possible and we will reach out with further information. In the meantime we would love to hear your stories and memories of Bri.
Please do not hesitate to get in touch.