Maria Z. Pingrey 1866-1951

PINGREY

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 8/29/2012 at 20:50:30

Miss Maria Pingrey Dies at 85
School Teacher For 53 Years
Maria Pingrey, veteran Estherville school teacher and administrator, died at 3:30 a.m. today at the Pingrey home, 1009 Second avenue north.

Miss Pingrey, 85, taught for 53 years, most of the time in the public schools of Iowa before her retirement. She and two sisters, Jennie and Lucy, retired the same year and made their home in Estherville on North Seventh street before moving to their present home on Second avenue north. Lucy preceded Maria in death. At the time of the retirement of the three sisters, Jennie was teaching at Lewis, Ia., Lucy at Charles City and Maria at Correctionville.

Miss Pingrey was born Feb. 13, 1866, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Pingrey. She attended Hillsdale college, Hillsdale, Mich., for two years and took summer school work at Iowa State Teachers college. She received her B.A. degree from Colorado State Teachers college at Greeley.

Included in her 53 years of active school work were teaching positions in Emmet county rural school, Armstrong, Winnebago college, Winnebago, Minn., Estherville high school, county superintendent of schools at Graettinger and at Des Moines township near Rolfe, junior high school principal at Washington, Ia., junior high school principal at Spencer, high school principal and normal training --- teacher at Correctionville.

Her father was a former superintendent of schools here.

Surviving Miss Pingrey are one sister, Jennie, of Estherville an one brother, David Pingrey of Coalinga, Calif. Preceding her in death were two sisters, Lucy of Estherville and Mary of Newton one brother Willie who died at the age of one year and her parents.

Miss Pingrey was a member of the Baptist church, P.E.O. and Estherville Woman’s club.

Funeral arrangements have not been completed as yet. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, December 17, 1951)

Rites Set Tentatively
Funeral services for Maria Z. Pingrey, school teacher and administrator for 53 years, have been set tentatively at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Sternborg funeral home. Miss Pingrey died at her home here at 3:30 a.m. yesterday. (Estherville Daily News, Estherville, IA, December 18, 1951)