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Joan Foley Obituary
Joan C. Foley, 85, passed away at Reading Hospital on August 1, 2014. She resided at Phoebe Berks in Wernersville since 2010.
Born in Scranton on May 23, 1929, she was the daughter of the late John J. and Nellie (Sugrue) Foley. There are no immediate survivors.
Joan was a graduate of Pottsville High School and received a B.A. degree from the College of New Rochelle located in New Rochelle, New York.
Her graduate work was done at Columbia University, where she received an M.A. with honors in Comparative Medieval Literature. She pursued doctoral studies at Columbia and Oxford University, England, where she was awarded a certificate of distinction.
In 1964, Joan was persuaded to leave Pottsville to join the faculty of Governor Mifflin High School as an English teacher. She stayed until her retirement in 1987 and will always be known and fondly remembered as "Miss Foley."
Miss Foley's grading system for her weekly in-class themes was legendary. Points were subtracted from 100 for spelling and grammatical errors. Minor infractions were -2 and major mistakes were -4. An incomplete sentence brought an automatic "F." Students quickly learned that the best approach was to write briefly because the chance for fewer subtractions would result in higher grades.
Joan's teaching career spanned thirty-one years. In addition to Governor Mifflin, she taught English in the Pottsville and Boyertown schools and later as an adjunct professor at Alvernia College. While at Governor Mifflin, she directed the senior class play and organized monthly colloquia.
Joan was named a Pennsylvania Scholar. She was awarded a Ford Foundation Grant for two years to teach underprivileged children in North Carolina. That program became the prototype for the first Upward Bound Program in the United States. She accepted invitations to evaluate the English Departments of several colleges.
Her students were her family (in addition to a succession of poodles). She was named as favorite teacher in countless responses to website security questions.
In retirement, Joan volunteered at the Holy Name High School Library. She enjoyed golf and was a master bridge player. Miss Foley was a dedicated and inspiring teacher not only of English, but of life.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Msg. Joseph DeSantis on Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. in Sacred Heart R.C. Church, 701 Franklin St., West Reading. A luncheon reception will be held after the service. Burial will follow at 2:30 p.m. in St. Patrick's Church Calvary Cemetery, 319 Mahantango St., Pottsville.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Berks County Animal Rescue League, P.O. Box 69 Mohnton, PA 19540.
Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., West Reading, is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be recorded at www.kuhnfuneralhome.com.
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Ruth Ann Haas
August 1, 2020
Miss Foley was our class advisor. She was very kind and was very helpful to me. She was a lovely lady and a wonderful teacher. Ruth Ann Haas Class of 1958 Boyertown Area High School
Bill Daley
July 28, 2020
One of only two teachers/professors throughout my many years of schooling that had a profound effect on me and my career. Miss Foley demanded quality work, and challenged her students to up their standards to meet her expectations. A true teacher!
Arvilla Brewer
July 28, 2020
Miss Foley helped me survive an abysmal family situation in my teen years in Boyertown, PA. She saw that I had some academic talent even though we embarrassed her dreadfully on a school newspaper trip to NYC, giggling so hard that we almost got kicked out of Carnegie Hall. She had grace, humor, intelligence and made learning fun. Her words to me in our high school yearbook were "to look at the stars for a chance." I did.
Mary Lou Heisler
July 28, 2020
Joan was the Boyertown Class of 1958 class advisor. She was so great to work with and so much fun. It made our Senior Year such a wonderful experience. We were so lucky to have that time with her.
Russel Davies
July 28, 2020
After reading through the tributes to a great teacher who touched and challenged so many lives, I am reminded of the saying, "It is better to be a good original than a bad copy." Miss Foley personified the phrase, but she was a "great" original!
Richard Ditlow Jr
August 25, 2014
My favorite teacher too. Chuck Grubb and I were in her first classes at Governor Mifflin and on that first day we didn't know what we were dealing with. She came on unltra-demanding, almost "witch"-like. However, it wasn't too long that we saw through that hard presentation and realized what a gifted and caring teacher she was. I wish I had known she was still in the Shillington Area all these years.
Joe McGinnes
August 14, 2014
Miss Foley was my favorite teacher, way back in 1965. She coerced me (that would be signed me up despite my reluctance) into 'honors English' and made me work - a good thing for the sometime-slacker that I was. I recall she had the whole class for an outing at the Schuylkill CC my senior year, and many of us had an amusing reunion with her after moving on to college. She truly did care about her students, and I now wish I could have reconnected with her in more recent times.
Judy Bitler
August 12, 2014
Her class was both exhilarating and terrifying – from discovering the beauty of Shakespeare and Hardy to sweating through those Friday themes, praying the words would come before the bell rang. For many of us, Miss Foley was perhaps the first teacher to challenge us. (I mean, REALLY challenge us.) She set the bar so high and expected you to jump. But she was such a great teacher that you WANTED to jump as high as you could to earn her approval.
We admired her brilliance, her wit and her uncanny insight into the hearts and minds of 12th graders. (You just could not outsmart that woman.) She dragged us kicking and screaming through some of the world's greatest literature and, as if that weren't enough, she made us write about it! And write and write! Along the way, she taught us how to think, how to work harder than we ever thought we could – and, most important, how to reach deep down and find the best in ourselves. None of it was easy but, somehow, she made it fun. An extraordinary teacher and person! (Forgive the fragment.)
I haven't seen her or been in touch in decades. Yet, through all these years, Miss Foley has been a presence in my life and especially my career, which involved lots of writing. Somehow, I'm sure she will continue to be there -- poking me with her red pen, prodding me to write carefully and clearly, pushing me to do better than I think I can.
Reading the wonderful comments on these pages, it's clear she's had a lifelong impact on all of us who passed through her classroom. For a teacher, that's probably the highest possible compliment – and a remarkable legacy! Thank you, Miss Foley … and bless you. It was a privilege being one of your students.
Richard Stanley, GMHS '68
August 10, 2014
About 20 years ago, I had the good fortune to meet Gertrude Sternbergh, the doyenne of Berks County arts, at “Sterling Castle”, the Sternbergh family's solemn, Victorian manor on Centre Avenue. Ms. Sternbergh's niece, Diana Schuyler, joined us for tea in the music room. “Miss Schuyler”, as I knew her when my teenage French teacher at Mifflin, was then teaching English at Reading High. Our meeting was prompted by my writing Ms. Sternbergh about her recollections of traveling on the “Normandie” ocean liner in 1938. (A friend gave me a passenger list from the “Normandie”. Passengers included Josephine Baker—and Gertrude Sternbergh.) At first, Ms. Sternbergh, then in her 90s, didn't recall the trip. Then, memory clicked: “Of course, now I remember. Was off to meet Mother in Germany. Had a marvelous trip—danced all night!” We all laughed. “You know, Richard”, “Miss Schuyler” leaned in, “we've been chatting for over 20 minutes, and you haven't made one grammatical error.” Two words flashed through my mind: “Miss Foley.”
I could not have polished my communication skills without Miss Foley's demanding expectations. “Run-on sentences and comma splices earn an automatic F,” she admonished us before each week's essay. She was lanky. Her school teacher's uniform was a tweedy shift with a Peter Pan collar. All was topped with a no-nonsense pixie haircut. Behind her black-rimmed, cat's-eye glasses lay a laser intellect. (She was one of only two people I knew to get “double 800s” on the SAT.) When I stepped into Miss Foley's room, I was uncomfortable—on high alert. Miss Foley knew more about me than I could figure out about my teenage self. She challenged me personally in ways I still ruminate upon.
She had more guts than any teacher I ever knew. Who else would teach D.H. Lawrence's “The Blind Man” to 12th-graders in Shillington?—in the mid-‘60s? It was in her classroom that I first heard “homosexual” said aloud. “Okay, boys and girls, there's a word for it,” Miss Foley insisted, somewhat exasperated. I hoped she was just being rhetorical and a bit histrionic. “What was Bernie?…Allison?” Allison sat right in front of me. I cringed—too close for comfort. The class hushed; Allison mumbled. “That's right,” a satisfied Miss Foley continued, “a homosexual!” Well. Class over—for that day.
I wonder if Miss Foley would find some irony in my life, in that words, to a great extent, have made me a living. She taught me more than mere grammar. She taught me that we think in words, which are symbols. When we arrange symbols clearly, we can express ideas. She taught me to find ideas in life. Ideas separate us from all other creatures. Miss Foley's crystalline ideas separated her from all other teachers.
Larry Walters
August 10, 2014
Miss Foley was my senior English teacher at PHS IN 1960 and her favorite poem was "Trees"
gads what a teacher.
Susan Stettler
August 8, 2014
I only wish I had known Joan before she was ill. I could only guess what a special person she was. I will miss her but her suffering is over.
Pat Moser
August 7, 2014
Miss Foley was one of a kind. Those of us who had her for a teacher are extremely lucky. She taught far more than English. When I found out I would have her for senior English I was convinced I would fail & never graduate. I begged my mother to call the school & have me placed in another class. Fortunately for me my mother didn't do that. I worked harder in her class than any other, but she inspired me to work hard in everything I did from that point on. Bless you Miss Foley. Heaven will be grammatically perfect now.
Mary Patterson
August 6, 2014
Forever grateful for your excellent teaching of our sons.
Mike Duley
August 5, 2014
She took me under her wing and slowly flew me through high school thanks Miss Foley
Joe Hartley
August 5, 2014
Early in my senior year, she kept me after class one day to tell me she thought I was a nice young man but I needed to come out of my "shell." She wanted me to try out for the senior play, which she was directing. She proceeded to give me the male lead in a romantic comedy that required me, not only to act goofy, but also to kiss a girl (unthinkable at the time). Her strategy worked. I came out of my shell, a little too far out, in some of my classmates' and teachers' opinions. But, I loved how encouraging she was and how much she obviously loved all of us. After college, I returned to Pottsville High to teach and hoped I could know her as a colleague. Sadly, she had left. But, she had changed my life profoundly. How wonderfully blessed so many of us have been to have known her.
susan Layton Wolf
August 5, 2014
What a loss...if only we could clone her and she could give her gift to all students. She instilled a great confidence in me to approach my life with great joie la vie. Best teacher I ever had.
Nelson Patterson
August 5, 2014
Time's winged chariot doth approach, she might have said. I benefited tremendously from Miss Foley's detailed focus on the twist of a phrase, the structure of a clause and the framing of an argument. I am blessed and the richer in life for having known this woman and having had the privilege of been her student.
Leslie White
August 5, 2014
It can truly be said of Miss Foley..."A teacher affects eternity, for she can never tell where her influence stops." Without question, Miss Foley was a major player on the dream team of dynamic educators at Mifflin. She has been and will be a major inspiration to all who knew her and especially to those of us who chose teaching as our profession. RIP Miss Foley.
Sam Deibler
August 5, 2014
Now cracks a noble heart - Good night, sweet princ(ess), and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
August 4, 2014
Miss Foley's interest in literature was surpassed only by her interest in her students. I feel fortunate to have been one of them.
Victor Hammel, Wyomissing, Pa.
Jack Yaissle
August 4, 2014
Joan Foley taught us how to think! Yes, she was the best teacher we ever had, but to most of us she was and still is one of the very few people who influenced our entire life. She challenged us to be more than we thought possible and then smiled when we almost got it! Some of us were lucky enough to become friends of our mentor, but I always had trouble with "Joan" vs "Miss Foley". To PHS class of 62, please know how very touched she was with our phone call the Sunday AM of our 50th! May we each touch a small percentage of the lives Joan touched!
David Warden
August 4, 2014
I wrote a few words on my Facebook page to acknowledge Miss Foley's death and spread the word, as well as to thank the best damn teacher I ever had. Folks began to respond, and it prompted me to recall my senior term paper. She assigned me a topic on something related to Yeats' "At the Hawk's Well," an eight page play which required an equal number of books of criticism for me to comprehend. It was a bear to write, but it was a compliment to me that she assigned something difficult, expecting me to handle it. Well, I still remember the name of the play thirty-some years later, so I guess something stuck.
I also vividly remember her comment to our class on the need to go to the Senior Prom, of all things, because "After 18 it's all downhill!" It still makes me laugh... even now, when I know it to be true!
I hope your heaven has one hell of a library, ma'am.
Eric S.
August 4, 2014
She taught "English;" we learned about ourselves. She engaged us in a dialogue with robust intellect, wit, and frank discussion. She had high expectations of us, as we came to have of her. Of many moments, the one that will always stand out for me was when, with a sly smile and a deep breath, she launched us into Chaucer with a lusty and richly accented recitation in middle English of the Prologue to The Canterbury Tales: "Whan that aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of march hath perced to the roote..." Thanks, Miss Foley.
Dennis Kohl
August 4, 2014
On of the many gifts Miss Foley gave to me was the importance of being concise and clear in writing. She taught me that extra words do not always help, and adjectives should be used sparingly. I think of her often as I write sermons for the people I serve. I am grateful for her high expectations of her students. She was one of the teachers who best prepared me for college.
Niki (Di Fazio} Ferrizzi
August 4, 2014
Miss Foley is often brought up in my conversations, as she has made such an impact on my life. Her ability to teach me to think critically has led me, and I venture to say, many others, to succeed in life. I hope she knew how much of an impact she had on us all.
Bert Scott
August 4, 2014
Such fond memories of Miss Foley! Indulging in Chaucer and Shakespeare! Her views on learning and life were so very grand. Some of my best memories include her bantering with our exchange student from England, Terry Bartlett. I think she even took on a bit of a British accent during those exchanges. He never could get one over on her. RIP, Miss Foley. Your reward in Heaven must be great because of all the wonderful things you sowed into us, your students and extended family!
Barb (Lawrence) Sowder
August 4, 2014
What an unforgettable teacher! As with everyone else, she is the one that taught me how to write although I did not realize it until I was in college and a professor pointed out that only one individual knew how to properly answer an essay question on a test...to my surprise it was me...I then realized that it was all Miss Foley's doing.
She also sparked our imaginations that resulted in a creative classmate coming up with the idea for "The Big Hoax" while writing a theme for her class. A certain group of the class of 1975 will know the reference.
Thank you Miss Foley !
Dale Badway
August 4, 2014
Thank you.
Stacy Allen
August 4, 2014
A very wonderful woman...RIP...
Woody Grossman
August 4, 2014
Miss Foley has been inspiration to so many of us over the years. It is gratifying to read such a wonderful celebration of her teaching career and life in which she mentored so many people. She truly taught us as much about life as she did English and Literature. I did not realize her significant accomplishments not only at the high school but also the college level. She has had a lasting impact on so many and will be missed by all. God Bless.
Karen Evans-Celik
August 4, 2014
Miss Foley was quite a character! Besides being a great teacher, she had a wonderful sense of humor, and was always approachable. Even though she set high standards in her classes, I looked forward to going to her class, especially Advanced English. She's probably critiquing all these guest book entries!
June Hull-Dentzer
August 4, 2014
I think that the best tribute to Miss Foley is seen in all of these eloquent entries in her guest book. Every one well written and heartfelt, with excellent grammar. She'd be proud!
Ollie McComsey
August 4, 2014
After more than thirty-six years in education my personal mission was to teach every pupil in my classroom with the same passion and concern for success. It was a lesson I learned in her classroom, and it may be the greatest lesson I learned. If I was half the teacher she was, I was a success.
Bev Clemens
August 4, 2014
Miss Foley was, hands down, the teacher that got the most out of me. She made me think and hers was the only class I actually looked forward to. For some reason, she believed in me, encouraged me, and told me that she liked my writing and I should pursue it. Circumstances didn't allow that but it's never left me that Miss Foley believed in me when I didn't believe in myself. I'll never forget her face when I told her my topic for my term paper was going to be Hamlet's Oedipus complex. I got a "C" due to some dumb errors but was still in the five or so people in the class that got a passing grade on the term paper. R.I.P. Miss Foley and thanks for the encouraging words - I still think about them to this day.
Connie Hofmann
August 3, 2014
Yes, she taught me to write, and I used her lessons all the way through college and grad school and a 25 year career writing every day. But she also taught us to love language, literature and life. And she never forgot -- wrote me a thoughtful recommendation for grad school and came to my mother's funeral where she once again discussed my senior thesis! As others have said, I hope my kids have at least one teacher like her. She changed many, many lives. RIP Miss Foley.
Jim Sensenig
August 3, 2014
Miss Foley made her classes interesting and challenging. And her sense of humor and quick wit were always refreshing. I didn't look forward to those famous Friday afternoon essays for the first few months, and I dreaded the sentence fragments which brought about an automatic "F". But I learned to write, under pressure, in a concise and meaningful way.
She was in a class by herself as a teacher. Just saying the words,"Miss Foley", triggers so many memories. I hope she realized how many lives she touched in such a positive way.
God bless her soul...RIP Miss Foley
Dave Leonti
August 3, 2014
Miss Foley, I certainly wasn't your best student - probably not even one of your better students but you were able to touch me in so many ways that you never realized. I've thought of you many times over the past 47 years. RIP, you were the best! class of 67.
Ann
August 3, 2014
I'm not sure what I can say that hasn't already been said. Joan Foley was a first rate teacher. She was tough but did everything she could to help her students succeed. I am so appreciative of the education I received in her classroom. I was so well prepared to take the SAT tests and to succeed in any college writing I was assigned. Thank you Miss Foley!
George McCusker
August 3, 2014
Long ago and far away, I was privileged to be a member of Miss Foley's accelerated English class. She knew that I was gaming the system; that I thought parsing was something you put on salads. It took her two years, but she taught me to love the written word and I think fondly of her to this day. She made her world a better place and I feel honored that she allowed me to be a participant for that much too brief a time in 1958.
Dave Shuman
August 3, 2014
Miss Foley opened my eyes and opened my mind. She was the greatest.
Tracey Kohl Shepherd
August 3, 2014
She was a wonderful teacher and the lessons she taught me in the 80's still stay with me today" Rest in peace Miss Foley
Barbara Ruth-Williams Class of 65
August 3, 2014
There is little that remains to be said about Miss Foley and how impactful she was to so many. By far my favorite teacher - and I spent many after school hours with her, getting helpful advice on taking the SATs and on my social life. I think of her often and will always be grateful.
August 3, 2014
I still have my senior English paper with her remarks.
RIP
Scott --'83
Lisa Crandall (Bausher), Class of 1984
August 3, 2014
What's most amazing to me is how many kids in our class felt like she took a special interest in them. I had several great teachers at Mifflin, but she's the one who had the biggest impact on my life. She more than anybody in my life up to that point, saw my insecurities and right through them. She took the time, and a lot of it, to tell me, and really make me believe it, that I was a truly wonderful, beautiful and smart young woman, and that I just needed to be courageous enough to believe in myself and pursue my dreams. I wish for every child that they have at least one Miss Foley in their lives.
Lauren Emes
August 3, 2014
I'm just echoing what so many others have said - Miss Foley was one of my favorite teachers. She was caring but had high standards. She knew us as individuals. And while I never would have told her this, she was the reason I could begin a college paper at 11 p.m. the night before it was due and ace it every time.
Rus Davies
August 3, 2014
An exceptional teacher who was a positive influence on so many. Fondly remembered, and rightly so. PHS Class of '62
Linda Myers Loiseleur
August 3, 2014
I will always remember Miss Foley as my favorite teacher. She instilled in me a love of literature as well as an ability to express myself well in writing. She may also be responsible for my hatred of grammatical errors. I remember the day she began returning our graded term papers expressing that one particular student had excellent content but so many errors, that she had to give this student a D...or was in an F? Gasp! She then walked up to me and handed me the paper covered in red markings. I nearly melted into my chair in disgrace. Fortunately, she allowed me to correct all of my errors and she regraded my paper (allowing me to remain in the honor society). She was the toughest of my teachers and prepared me for college (and life) like no other. Thank you for all of your tough love and honest constructive criticism. You will be missed. Rest in peace Miss Foley - and please forgive me if there are any errors in this entry.
Elizabeth Ghiselin Stein
August 3, 2014
I loved her as my English teacher--she's a big part of why I ended up with a doctorate in English--but she also offered to be faculty adviser for the fall play when it was cancelled, as long as I did all the work! Directing that play was the best thing I did in high school, and it was her gift to me. What a wonderful woman.
Joe Hofmann
August 3, 2014
I will not forget her comment scrawled below the "64" on my first weekly, 3-paragraph essay: "Throw away the cigar!" She taught me to be concise. After the first quarter of senior year, when the essay topics were no longer provided in advance, she taught me to write under pressure. She was the best, the very best.
August 3, 2014
Miss Foley was one of those teachers that you never ever will forget. I remember when I was dealing with being 5'9" tall as a 16 yr. old girl who was afraid to go out with a guy who was shorter, she said to me judge others by what is inside not by what is on the outside. After 48 yrs. of marriage to the very best guy (shorter than me) her words led me down the right path - the one to happiness with a GREAT guy. Thank you Miss Foley, you were the best. Nancy "Walters" Pauzer PHS Class of l961.
Susan Morgan
August 3, 2014
My favorite teacher was Miss Joan Foley. She taught this working class girl how to research, how to set up a coherent argument, and how to write. She was the first teacher to give me a well-deserved D, which horrified me because I admired her and wanted her approval. But she also offered me extra help to understand the principles she was trying to teach, which I was much more motivated to learn once I knew she would most definitely enforce her grading criteria. I credit her with my ability to succeed in both college and in graduate school. I brought her a copy of my dissertation shortly after my graduation-- it doesn't matter if she ever read it, but I hope she enjoyed the fact that she helped create a very unlikely social science professor.
Frank
August 3, 2014
I hated her grading system, but loved & (-4 abrev) respected her consistancy (sp -2). I never got an A from her, but aced every college English course I took. I also wonder what would she have thought about the abbrevations (sp-2) we use when texting! Total -8 B (Still ain't got that A - lol) RIP Miss Foley
Sue McKelvey-Goggins
August 3, 2014
One of the best teachers I ever had, passionate about her craft and her students!
Trisha Wysocki
August 3, 2014
Miss Foley was in a league of her own. One of the classiest women I ever met. She was always willing to help a student to succeed. Her love for teaching was what made her the best! RIP Miss Foley
Kathy Zwiebel
August 3, 2014
There was only one Miss Foley; she was an inspirational teacher and continued as my mentor when I became a teacher. We became friends and she would tell me to call her Joan; but she was always "Miss Foley" to me. I learned more about how to teach from her than from any college class. She was simply the best.
Max Zug
August 3, 2014
One of the most influential teachers in my life. Writing is such a large part of who I am and what I do. Miss Foley not only helped me effectively channel my thoughts into words, she opened my eyes to a richer and deeper life experience. I am saddened by the news of her passing, but celebrate the impact she had on so many lives.
Ron Bevan
August 3, 2014
Miss Foley was my favorite teacher in high school. I am sorry to say, a few of us acted up in her class. When she signed my yearbook she so stated this, however she acknowledged I knew Macbeth and what she was attempting to teach us. God rest her soul.
Chris Brumbach
August 3, 2014
One of the nicest, most caring and engaging ladies you would ever want to know - and a wonderful educator as well. We were all blessed to share a small portion of our life with you Miss Foley, and we are richer for it.
Charles Grubb
August 3, 2014
I was one of the fortunate students who had Miss Foley as my English teacher both my junior and senior years forty-nine years ago. Through three advanced degrees, including my PhD, she remained the single most influential teacher in my life. I still remember some of the Friday theme topics. She inspired my appreciate for English as a language, writing as a means of expression, and a desire to be worthy of the space I take up. Thank you Joan and God bless you!
Charles Grubb, Class of 1965
Sharon West Whitehouse
August 3, 2014
I have so many fond memories of Miss. Foley. She was such an inspirational woman and a wonderful teacher.
Karen (LeVan) Hull
August 3, 2014
Miss Foley may have no immediate family members, but she has many former students and colleagues who will always remember her fondly.
"Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives." Andrew Rooney
Carole Eiler-Parry
August 3, 2014
Miss Foley touched the lives of so many and inspired them to achieve in whatever they do. Her approach to teaching was above all others. To this day I continue to use her and her teachings to my own children and grandchildren. Thank you Miss Foley for getting the best out of me.
Jodi
August 3, 2014
RIP Miss Foley. You inspired my love for writing in 1982 and I will never forget that.
Brian Trupp
August 3, 2014
Remembering a grand lady and a terrific English teacher. Recalling fond memories as she chaperoned our senior class trip to England and Wales and was thrilled to show us her alma mater, Oxford University, where she previously did masters degree work. Safe flight to heaven, Miss Foley.
Carol Stuebner
August 3, 2014
Dear Miss Foley was a passionate teacher for the English language, who taught with a warm heart and a big smile. So privleged to say she was my teacher and an inspiration to us everyday during our years in high school. Thank You Miss Foley!! RIP
June Hull-Dentzer
August 3, 2014
Miss foley was the most influential teacher I have ever had. When I was trying really hard to be a mess she still managed to squeeze the best out of me. She forced me to be better. I have thought of her many times in the 31 years since I graduated. Thank you Miss Foley, for all that you have done for so many of us
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