The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1899-09-21
MISS MARY PATTERSON DEAD
Well Known County Educator Passes
Away ct Minneapolis.

A letter has been received in this
CITY announcing the death of Miss
Mary Patterson, formerly Of this
county, which occurred recently at
Minneapolis, where the deceased had
been living for the past few years.
The death of Miss Patterson will cause
pang of sorrow III the hearts of
many people in this city. She was
one OF. the most highly educated wom-
en- who ever lived in Kenosha county
and her influence on the schools of the
county is still potent one. She was
born in this county about ffty-hve
years ago. Early in life she was de-
sirous of an education and she was
sent to the district schools of the
county. Later she attended the old
High school. in this city and finished
her education at the State Normal.
She at once entered the work of teach
ing and for many years she was a
teacher in this county. The Minneap-
oils Tribune in speaking of the death
of the we'll known lady, says:
What did we ask with all our love for her,
But just a little breath of fuller life?
And God hath given
Her life itself full, everlasting lie
What did we pray for? Rest even for night
That she might rise with sleeps most golden
deWs,
Refreshed. to feel the morning in her soul;
And God hath given her His eternal rest!
These lines come to mind at thought
of the life and death of Miss Mary
Patterson, formerly beloved and
honored teacher of this city, who,
after a lingering illness, recently, at
the home of her sister, Mrs. Smell, of
Merriam Park, entered into rest.
In December, 1889, Mrs. Patterson
mother was laid to rest in our beauti-
full Lakewood. The desire to be with
her family and friends, and to be near
the last resting place of this loved
one, induced her few months later to
come to Minneapolis. She had pre-
vious1y held responsible position in
the Chicago public schools, and was
one of the most successful and highly
teachers of that city. Since
coming to Minnesota she has been
connected with the public schools of
our city, and has also been for some
years a prominent instructor in Our
state summer schools. She carried
into her professional work a clear
and logical mind, sympathetic heart,
and the devotion of Pesta1ozzi. The
late Hon. G. S. A1bee, for twenty-seven
years president of the Oshkosh, Wis
consin, Normal school, who was thor
oug11y acquainted with her work as
teacher, said of her: Gin the ability
to rouse pupils to effort and to bring
out the best that is in them, do not
know her equal" A pupil in one of
our high schools said of her recently:
81 should never have been here if it
had not been for Mary Patterson. She
was the first one of all my teachers
to inspire me with love for study. She
made me feel that I was not hopeless
1y dull, and encouraged me to try and
make something of myself" Others,
both teachers and pupils, who have
been under her supervision, pay SINH
lar tributes to her ability and helpful
ness.
AS daughter, sister and friend, Miss
Patterson was even more admirable
than in the school room. Loving,
generous, loyal to
every duty, in her rounded, SYM
metrica1 character she realized Words
worth's ideal of
IA perfect woman, nobly planned
To warn, to comfort and command
The patient courage, the unse1fsh
devotion that had marked her life re-
manned with her to the last. Resigned |
either to life or death, as God wi11ed, in |
the fu11ness of her intellectual powers,
and in the certain assurance of immor-
ta1ity she passed from earth.