West Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Died May 30, 2020
Age 104
Obituary
Augusta (Gus/Gussie) V. Apter, 104 …died peacefully May 30, 2020 of respiratory failure due to COVID-19. She was the beloved wife, for 55 years, of the late Harry S. Apter …She taught mathematics at the former Alfred E. Burr Junior High School in Hartford from 1937-1941. …She then taught at the former Yeshiva of Hartford, then Hebrew Academy in Bloomfield and the Solomon Schechter Day School from 1955 – 1973 and maintained a lifetime member status.… Gus was a certified literary, mathematics and science brailist. She taught blind high school and college students. She had her own braille typewriter which she used to produce great sized volumes for education. She was a life member of the National Braille Association and served on its Board of Directors. She was a puppeteer for the Greater Hartford Association for Retarded Citizens (HARC) in its “Kids on the Block” program, a docent at the former Lions Gallery of the Senses at the Wadsworth Athenium, a life member of Hadassah and one of its former vice-Presidents in charge of Jewish education. She served as a volunteer at the Wolcott School Library in West Hartford and the West Hartford Public Library.
Published in Hartford Courant
“a wonderful teacher who inspired me as a child.”
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