ELDER, Beth (SHERMAN) STRUBLE
STRUBLE, ELDER, PETERS, NORRIS, SHERMAN
Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 8/29/2016 at 03:55:03
Obituary ~ Beth (Struble) Elder
August 16, 1911 ~ June 05, 2006The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, IowaBeth Struble Elder, beloved Ames elementary school teacher, passed away on June 5, 2006, in Mason City, Iowa at the age of 94. Mrs. Elder received her teaching certificate from the State Teachers College (University of Northern Iowa in 1931. Her first teaching position was in Elementary School. In 1951 she became the first principal of Meeker School. She moved to Hot Springs, AK in 1952 to care for her aging father, and returned to Ames in 1955 where she taught in the elementary grades for the next 10 years. During that time, she continued her education, receiving her Bachelors degree from Drake University in 1959.
In 1966 she married Don Elder and moved to Mason City, IA. Her daughters, Mary Jean Struble Peters (Class of '53) and Margaret Ann Struble Norris (Class of '57) both graduated from Ames High School.
[Interment was made at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.]
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2016
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