Rhona Sterling

My name is Robert Dubow (formerly Bobby) and I had Miss Ginn as music teacher at Traphagen Junior High in Mt. Vernon. She was absolutely one of my very favorite teachers! And she was very beautiful. I have thought about her over the years from time to time, and today I googled her and came across her obituary. After all these years I am saddened. I remember her as a special person - a gentle light. Warm and friendly. If Mina reads this, please get in touch with me - I would love to talk...

Rhona and I were classmates at PS7, Bronx in the class of 1949. She was not only a classmate but a good friend as well. We shared a love of music. I remember that she read a composition in class about attending a concert at Tanglewood, the first time I had even heard of the place which I've visited many times since. I remember, also, taking her to a Juillard Concert and enjoying Bartok's Miraculous Mandarin. If I remember correctly, my late wife and I saw her briefly during the early 1960s in...