> >X-pstn-addresses: from <garystorie@attbi.com> > >I'm not a member of this list, but wanted to share an obituary I found >this morning in The Seattle Times. It concerns a MISS OLGA ALBER, who >was born in Trenton, MO. The obituary is as follows: > > > >MISS OLGA ALBER > > > >Miss Olga Alber was born at Trenton, Missouri, January 19, 1898, >daughter of Lena and Christian Alber. Preceded in death by sisters, >Mrs. Dorothea Gamlin, Mrs. Emma Minard, and Miss Ellen Alber, Seattle, >Washington and two brothers, Carl Alber and Albert Alber. > >She graduated from the Nebraska City High School in 1916. She attended >Peru State Teachers College of Peru, Nebraska, for two years and then >obtained her Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Chicago and >her Masters Degree from the Columbia University, New York City. She >attended summer session of the University of Vienna, Austria, the >University of Oslo, Norway, and the German Academy of Political Science >at Tutsing near Munich, Germany. > >She taught for eight years in Nebraska and for 36 years at Rosedale High >School in Kansas City, Kansas. She also taught for three summer >sessions at Peru State Teachers College. She was a member of the First >Presbyterian PV P.E.O. Sisterhood, Nebraska City, Nebraska; Delta Kappa >Gamma Teachers Honorary Organization, Kansas City, Kansas; AARP >Association. > >She traveled extensively, touring Europe, the Orient, South America, >Mexico, Cuba, Canada and Hawaii. She returned to Europe several times >to visit in her mother and father's home in and around Stuttgart. > >She moved to Wesley Terrace, a retirement home, at Des Moines, >Washington, in 1977, where was living at the time of her death. > > > >I hope this obit will be of some help to those researching the surname >ALBER. > > > >A fellow genealogist enthusiast, > > > >Carolyn Storie > >Seattle, WA > >