Art dealer Anita Novak Schon has service at Jewish Burial Rites

ANITA NOVAK SCHON, an art dealer, died on Saturday, July 15, 2017. She was 86.

Schon was predeceased last year by her husband, Kurt E. Schon, with whom she was partnered in creating the largest gallery of 19th century art in the South.

She was a co-founder of the Schon Foundation, which contributed to various charities.

Graveside services were held on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Jewish Burial Rites Cemetery, 4321 Frenchmen Street, New Orleans at 10:30 a.m. Rabbi Deborah Silver officiated.

Memorial donations are suggested to the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts or St. Michael’s Special School. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home of Metairie was in charge of arrangements.