There was a memorial service today for Marianne Campbell, former German and English teacher at Monrovia High School. It was held at Bethany Church in Sierra Madre. Jenny Dequer Graves was there, and was Dawn Dequer Christensen, and Eliza's friend Jennifer. You can't really see this great photo they had of Frau - just take my word for it that it was stunning!
I sat by Anne Battle - Louise Taylor, Linda Harding, Grace Yoshimoto, Tom Anderson, Linda Simmons, Mrs. Berry, and many others were there.
We enjoyed a luncheon afterwards - this is Karen Johnson - who graduated with Harry F. and said she knew Bonny and the Dequer twins too.
Also saw Randy Jewkes - maybe that's spelled wrong - and his wife Kendra with their son.
Should have gotten a photo of Tom too!
The event had been planned by a student who had stayed connected to Frau all these years - and he graduated in 1975 - and most of the program featured students from the 70's. But it was a lovely service - and those who shared remembrances did a nice job.
The music - piano prelude and postlude by Sue Hart and violin solos by Jenny Viseck - was lovely also.
Frau was a very private person - her birthdate year was not revealed - on the slide show - which included photos of her from her childhood in Berlin - it said 19?? to 2014! But the bio that apparently Frau had written some years ago detailed some of her experiences during and after WWII.
One speaker noted that she had served over 6,000 students in her 42 years of teaching - a pretty impressive record.
Hannah and Eliza are the members of our family who took German from her, and she impacted their lives in many areas.
Frau said that teaching is an act of love. And the tributes attested to the love she had for her students - and the love they had for her.
