SCHWALBE, Margaret "Irene" (BUELL)

BUELL, DAUGHTON, SCHWALBE

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 7/3/2015 at 08:23:56

Margaret "Irene" (Buell) Schwalbe

Margaret “Irene” (Buell) Schwalbe was born in Decatur County, Iowa, on May 27, 1914, the daughter of Home and Amy Ellen (Daughton) Buell. A 1932 graduate of Grand River High School, she devoted her entire life to teaching school and to her beloved cattle. Irene attended Normal Training in Creston and later took classes at the University of Northern Iowa in Cedar Falls. She taught at the Foland School 1932 – 1934 prior to her marriage to Henry “Hank” Schwalbe on April 24, 1935.

Widowed in 1947, Irene nurtured many new-born calves through frigid Iowa storms and every child who passed through her class at Grand Valley Elementary School. Often, she not only taught the children of her prior pupils but their grandchildren as well. She was the teacher sought out by those who came back to visit long after their elementary days were mere faint memories.

Irene died at the age of 81 years on August 19, 1996 at Mount Ayr Heath Care Center in Mount Ayr. Burial was made at Grand River Cemetery.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2015

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