The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-08-09
.KENOSHA TEACHER
CALLED BY DEATH
Miss Sarah Devlin, Long a
Teacher, Died at Rochest-
err, Minnesota.
WELL KNOWN IN STATE

Word reached Kenosha this morning
of the death of Miss Sarah Devlln, well
known as a teacher not only In Keno
sha county but also in the entire state
of Wisconsin. Death came at Roches-
ter, Mimi, last Thursday evening, the
deceased having gone to that city only
short time ago for treatment.
She was the daughter of Peter and
Mary Devlin, pioneer residents Oh
Bristol, Wis, and her inheritance was
the sterling. sincerity and courage OF
that stalwart generation Of early I'M
migrants who faced personal hard
ships in order to give to their children
Americas opportunity.
Gave Life to Her Work.
Miss Devlin devoted her entire life
to education. She began as teacher
in the rural schools Of Kenosha coun-
ty. and afterward in the early eighties
taught in the Kenosha schools. AT
that time she was we'll known figure
at the teachers institutes of Kenosha
county Later she was graduated from
the Whitewater Normal school and
also from the University of Wisconsin
With this background Of thorough edu-
cational training gained by expert
ence and by academic study, and with
an exceptional appreciation of the, IN
dividual soul, she was eminently quail
fed for her life work.
In 1895 Miss Devlin was appointed a
member Of the faculty OF, the White
water Normal school, at the recon-
mendation of Albert Salisbury, then
president of the Whitewater Normal,
who had known her in her student
days, and saw that her high ideals, her
LOYALTY, her sincerity and her sympa-
thy in all that concerned the improve
ment of young people would make her
model teacher, as every teacher in
the Normal school should be. For "a
years she remained in the Normal, the
last ten years of which she held the
nosition of teacher of English. Dur
ing that time she taught in summer
schools at Whitewater Normal, at the
Sisters College, Washington, D. c.,
and at the Extension Of the Sisters
College, Dubuque, Iowa.
Taught Here Last Year.
Since 1914 she taught in GAINESVILLE,
Wis, and in the schools of Racine and
Kenosha county. The last year just
closed she taught in the Lamb school,
Pleasant Prairie, in the suburbs Of
Kenosha. She died at the age Of 90,
in the breach to the very last, after
As years of true service to the youth
of Wisconsin. The funeral will be
held Tuesday morning at St. James
church, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Devlin
will be celebrant of the solemn requi-
EN- high mass.
Woman of Great Ability.
Miss Devlin was a woman Of unusual
character. Her sense of loyalty and
high principle, her sincerity joined to
her personal, at times even sacrifcial
interest in the individual pupil gave
her an uncommon influence over those
whom she taught She entered into
the desires and aspirations and efforts
Of each She was kindly solicitious
for the welfare of each. Pre-eminent-
Nv she had an effective appreciation Of
each. Hundreds Of teachers through
out Wisconsin who knew her in their
Normal days esteemed her for her
sterling character and her disinterest-
ed sympathy in them and in their
work. Her memory will live among
her students and may her noble soul
have among them many imitators.