Ethyl Helen (Walker) VandeBerg, 102, was born March 26, 1914, to Bert and Louise Walker in Owen, Wisc. She joined a 3-year-old sister, Violet, at the farm. She passed away at home Sept. 7, 2016.
Ethyl attended a rural, eight grade school and graduated from high school in Granton, Wisc. From the age of 8, when she was recovering from a ruptured appendix, she wanted to be a nurse. However, 1932 was the Great Depression time, and the easiest thing to do was to go the county normal school for a year and teach in the rural schools of the county.
At 19, she began teaching 50 children in eight grades...
Reader Comments(0)