Elena B. Honer Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Elena B. Honer passed away peacefully in her home on Saturday, August 18, 2018 . She was born in Germany and had called Richmond her home for the past 10 years. She was a artist at heart and loved her work as a graphic designer. She enjoyed crafting, golfing and anything that gave her the opportunity to use her artistic talents. Elena first came to America in 1990 as a high school foreign exchange student. After she returned to Germany she earned an associates degree in visual communications and worked as a graphic designer for a major advertising agency until 1997. She returned to America in late 1997 to pursue a degree in Computer Animation, first to the Art Institute of Seattle and then completing her studies at the Art Institute of Phoenix. She met her husband, Bruce, in 1999 where he was working as the manager of the campus bookstore. They dated for five months and married in September of 2000. In 2001 they moved to southern California where they lived for seven years, eventually relocating to the San Francisco Bay area in 2008. Elena is survived by Bruce, her husband of 18 years; her parents Helmut & Barbara Binner and her brothers Gregor & Phillip Binner.

Elena B. Honer

November 19, 1973 - August 18, 2018