From the October 30, 1973 edition of
The Berkshire Eagle
"Mrs. Edith S. Sweitzer of 6 Simon Hapgood Lane, Concord, a nature teacher at the Morewood School who had been known to South Mountain Road neighbors as Aunt Edie, died yesterday at the Suburban Manor Nursing Home in Acton after a long illness.
"Mrs. Sweitzer, wife of Leonard E. Sweitzer, made unpaid weekly visits to Morewood School for 42 years, teaching nature to children by means of a collection of fables that helped them remember the identifying characteristics of plants, animals and birds.
"Until two years ago Mrs. Sweitzer lived next to the red school house, which was closed in 1973. Even outside of school, she attracted the attention of neighborhood children. Her door was always open, and they'd come in with a caterpillar or baby chipmunk, she once told a reporter.
"Mrs. Sweitzer was born in Tacoma, Wash., but came to Pittsfield at an early age and was educated in the schools here. She was the daughter of the late George and Edith M. Kenyon Shipton. A graduate of the Fitchburg Normal School in 1912, she taught at Rice School for several years before she began volunteering at Morewood.
"She was a member of South Congregational Church and was active in many of its organizations. She was a member of the F of PEO.
"Besides her husband, she leaves a son Kenyon L. Sweitzer of Concord, and four grandchildren. "
The Berkshire Eagle
"Mrs. Edith S. Sweitzer of 6 Simon Hapgood Lane, Concord, a nature teacher at the Morewood School who had been known to South Mountain Road neighbors as Aunt Edie, died yesterday at the Suburban Manor Nursing Home in Acton after a long illness.
"Mrs. Sweitzer, wife of Leonard E. Sweitzer, made unpaid weekly visits to Morewood School for 42 years, teaching nature to children by means of a collection of fables that helped them remember the identifying characteristics of plants, animals and birds.
"Until two years ago Mrs. Sweitzer lived next to the red school house, which was closed in 1973. Even outside of school, she attracted the attention of neighborhood children. Her door was always open, and they'd come in with a caterpillar or baby chipmunk, she once told a reporter.
"Mrs. Sweitzer was born in Tacoma, Wash., but came to Pittsfield at an early age and was educated in the schools here. She was the daughter of the late George and Edith M. Kenyon Shipton. A graduate of the Fitchburg Normal School in 1912, she taught at Rice School for several years before she began volunteering at Morewood.
"She was a member of South Congregational Church and was active in many of its organizations. She was a member of the F of PEO.
"Besides her husband, she leaves a son Kenyon L. Sweitzer of Concord, and four grandchildren. "
From the October 30, 1973 edition of
The Berkshire Eagle
"Mrs. Edith S. Sweitzer of 6 Simon Hapgood Lane, Concord, a nature teacher at the Morewood School who had been known to South Mountain Road neighbors as Aunt Edie, died yesterday at the Suburban Manor Nursing Home in Acton after a long illness.
"Mrs. Sweitzer, wife of Leonard E. Sweitzer, made unpaid weekly visits to Morewood School for 42 years, teaching nature to children by means of a collection of fables that helped them remember the identifying characteristics of plants, animals and birds.
"Until two years ago Mrs. Sweitzer lived next to the red school house, which was closed in 1973. Even outside of school, she attracted the attention of neighborhood children. Her door was always open, and they'd come in with a caterpillar or baby chipmunk, she once told a reporter.
"Mrs. Sweitzer was born in Tacoma, Wash., but came to Pittsfield at an early age and was educated in the schools here. She was the daughter of the late George and Edith M. Kenyon Shipton. A graduate of the Fitchburg Normal School in 1912, she taught at Rice School for several years before she began volunteering at Morewood.
"She was a member of South Congregational Church and was active in many of its organizations. She was a member of the F of PEO.
"Besides her husband, she leaves a son Kenyon L. Sweitzer of Concord, and four grandchildren. "
The Berkshire Eagle
"Mrs. Edith S. Sweitzer of 6 Simon Hapgood Lane, Concord, a nature teacher at the Morewood School who had been known to South Mountain Road neighbors as Aunt Edie, died yesterday at the Suburban Manor Nursing Home in Acton after a long illness.
"Mrs. Sweitzer, wife of Leonard E. Sweitzer, made unpaid weekly visits to Morewood School for 42 years, teaching nature to children by means of a collection of fables that helped them remember the identifying characteristics of plants, animals and birds.
"Until two years ago Mrs. Sweitzer lived next to the red school house, which was closed in 1973. Even outside of school, she attracted the attention of neighborhood children. Her door was always open, and they'd come in with a caterpillar or baby chipmunk, she once told a reporter.
"Mrs. Sweitzer was born in Tacoma, Wash., but came to Pittsfield at an early age and was educated in the schools here. She was the daughter of the late George and Edith M. Kenyon Shipton. A graduate of the Fitchburg Normal School in 1912, she taught at Rice School for several years before she began volunteering at Morewood.
"She was a member of South Congregational Church and was active in many of its organizations. She was a member of the F of PEO.
"Besides her husband, she leaves a son Kenyon L. Sweitzer of Concord, and four grandchildren. "
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