DOROTHY-LUNGMUS-Obituary

DOROTHY LOUISE LUNGMUS

Middlefield, Ohio

1924 - 2017

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92, of Cleveland, passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, September 2nd, 2017 at Judson Park. She was born in Milwaukee, WI on September 24th, 1924 to the late Bruno and Martha (Snyder) Lungmus. Dorothy graduated from Northwestern University with a B.S. and M.A. Degrees. She taught high...

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Dorothy Lungmus was a fine U.S. History teacher. She made us memorize a great deal, which I found quite useful in my career as a history professor. She had as much to do with my choice of career as anyone.

Rest In Peace Miss Lungmus. You will always have a special place in my heart.
Love former student Erma Williams SHHS class of 77.

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My chance re-acquaintance with Dorothy Lungmus began on a trip to Cleveland in 2013. I reintroduced myself as a student in her Latin American & African History course in the 60s. It was reassuring to hear the same voice I'd recalled from her teaching, almost 50 years later. The same upper Midwestern twang, the same cadence and deliberate, clipped phrases; the same bright attention to stories and details, the same keen political insights: it may as well have been 1968 again. Her wide range...

In high school, when I wasn't expressing my written opinions quite right, it was Dorothy Lungmus who taught me how to write critical essays.
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