Class of 1929
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Martha Boren Brumfield
PRINCETON - Martha B. Brumfield, 99, passed away Thursday afternoon, Sept. 13, 2007, at her home in Princeton. She was a very active member of the First Presbyterian Church in Princeton as well as many different organizations in the community, including the P.E.O., Tourist Club, and Morning Etude. Martha was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Gibson General Hospital, Board of Trustees of the Vincennes University, and a past member of the local school board. She graduated from Earlham College and taught Latin and English at Owensville High School and she also was a substitute teacher at Princeton High School. She was a member of the Arts Council of Gibson County and was a very talented musician, playing the piano and the organ. Martha was born Aug. 23, 1908, in Owensville to Frank & Minnie (Pruitt) Boren, both deceased. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Richard M. Brumfield. in 2001 and her sister, Alice Bender. She is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law, Ann and Walter Palmer, of Princeton and Alice and Dallas Coate, of Missouri City, Texas.
(Posted December 13, 2007)
Maebelle Howard Youse
Maebelle M., age 100 of Bethel Park, PA on Tuesday, July 3, 2007; She was born on her grandfather's farm in Wayne County, Indiana, the oldest of Sherman and Rose Howard's four girls. She grew up on the farm, tending to the chickens and collecting eggs. The family traveled by horse and buggy. Maebelle and her oldest sister had a special seat in front of their parents on the buggy. Unfortunately, it was right behind the horse, and they use to get swatted by its tail. She attended school in a one-room schoolhouse until high school. After graduation in 1925, she went to Earlham College, studying to become a kindergarten teacher. In her fourth year, she transferred to Purdue University and hoped to become a home economics teacher. However, upon graduation in 1929, there weren't any jobs to be found because of the Depression. So she took a few more classes and met Donald Youse, an engineering student. The couple were married Feb. 23, 1935, and moved to Gary, IN. A few years later, Mr. Youse was transferred to Pittsburgh, where he worked in the Downtown office of U.S. Steel, and they lived in Dormont. Mr. Youse was transferred in 1944 to Pittsburg, CA, then back to Pittsburgh in 1947, and they moved to Bethel Park, where they lived for more than 40 years. Mrs. Youse enjoyed cooking, baking, cleaning and taking care of their children. She also enjoyed doing work at her church, Bethany Lutheran, where she belonged to several organizations. In her spare time, she crocheted, knitted, and read. In her later years with her eyesight failing, she still managed to read to only way she could, through books on tape. She is the wife of the late Donald Youse; cherished mother of David (Sandra) Youse, Jane A. (Ray) Walter, and Sarah (Vincent Strangio) Pitman.
(Posted July 25, 2007)
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