• Born November 21, 1920 in the Dutch colony of Indonesia to a Dutch father and German/Dutch mother

• Attended boarding school in the Netherlands
• After graduation worked as secretary in a Dutch firm until the war
• Joined the German Red Cross
• After WWII worked as interpreter for the British forces in the north Rhine area and took first job with the regional government in Düsseldorf at the request of the British governor, where she progressed to become the personal assistant to the Minister of Economics and Traffic
• Married Louis Madison, American, in 1956
• Had her son Michael in 1958
• Left government service to join her husband in their business ventures (manufacturing of office equipment - photo copiers and staple removers, import of jazz records, cash and carry food outlets, etc.)
• In 1964 was instrumental in getting the first Montessori school established in Düsseldorf
• 1979 moved to San Francisco with her husband
• 1984 volunteered to care for AIDS patients with the “visiting nurses program” San Francisco
• October 1985 spoke at the first major AIDS benefit at the San Francisco Opera
• November 1985 the German government asked Annemarie to speak about AIDS in Germany  – this was the first time anyone spoke in Germany about AIDS, and described the acceptance of homosexuality and care given in San Francisco to victims of the epidemic
• From then onwards multiple interviews in the USA (TV and USA Today, publications in gay papers, the Independent, talks in schools and Universities and schools)
• 1986 conducted workshop at Grace Cathedral about caring for AIDS patients
• 1986 to 1989 talks about AIDS and care in seven cities in Germany and Switzerland, sponsored by the German Minister of Health, several talk shows and radio interviews, including interview and film with a Annemarie and a blind patient on German state TV channel 2
• 1989 State University SF report; Ernie’s Final Moments in the student publication “Helpers in the War on AIDS”
• 1990 talk on AIDS the University of Prague, Czech Republic, radio and press interviews
• 1991 appeared on one of the top German TV talk shows (Biolek) on World AIDS Day
• 1994 Awarded the German “Order of Merit”, Germany’s highest civilian award, for work in AIDS by the President of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1994 Filmed for German Spiegel-TV with several of her patients – repeated on German TV until 2003
• 1995 German KIS Foundation for research on Immune Deficiency and Treatment, Munich, Germany, established the annual Annemarie Madison Award for special Services in AIDS” – Annemarie gave the keynote address at the 5th Annual Munich AIDS conference on the subject of “Humanizing AIDS Care”
• While caring for AIDS patients in San Francisco, Annemarie accompanied more than 256 of her “boys” to their death. Annemarie’s main focus was on making them comfortable and accepted during these hard times, working with their other caregivers and doctors, lovers, friends, siblings and often estranged parents. Files with the detailed accounts of daily visits were given to the SF Public Library for the department of the history of the AIDS epidemic.
• 2002 partners and friends of deceased patients had Annemarie’s name engraved in the circle of Friends at the National AIDS memorial Grove in Golden Gate Park
• Over the years she was supported in her work by her husband Louis Madison, a local restaurant critic (San Francisco on a Shoestring), who died in January 2008 after almost 56 years of marriage with Annemarie
• Annemarie remained active and independent, spending her days conversing with friends and former colleagues in the USA and around the world via email
• Inspired by AIDS workers and charities in India and Nepal, she took it on to establish homes for former prostitutes and their children in Nepal, organizing the funding of numerous houses
• Her latest project was to ensure continued financing for a home for AIDS orphans in Kenya, run by a German couple
• She had been preparing to attend a wedding of a friend’s daughter in Mumbai as well as the AIDS conference in Munich in March
  
• Annemarie is survived by her only son Michael (with his wife Valerie and sons Oliver and Freddie), who moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2006 to be closer to Annemarie and her husband Louis during their remaining years
• Other survivors include a number of her original HIV / AIDS patients who are still  faring well due to advanced medication
• Her indomitable spirit, intellectual curiosity and acuity, her compassion for all who needed help and a sympathetic ear or shoulder to lean on, her grace and elegance, will all be sorely missed