Father Dr. Hiram Eastman
Cause of death: acute peritonitis
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Miss Eastman dies suddenly
For quarter century heaad of Ogontz School for Girls
Principal here years ago
Presided over Townsend School--Stricken while visiting in Buffalo--will be buried in Syracuse
Miss Sylvia J. Eastman, principal of Townsend School half a century ago and for the last twenty-eight years principal of the Ogontz School for Girls near Philadelphia, died suddenly in Buffalo yesterday.
Miss Eastman, who was one of the best known women educators in the country, had been in Buffalo only two days when she was taken ill at the home of friends she was visiting. Her death was a shock to the many women in Syracuse who had known Miss Eastman, among them several former pupils at Ogontz.
The body will be brought to Syracuse for burial, but Mrs. A.W. Palmer of No. 406 University avenue, who will take charge of this funeral, said last night that no definite arrangements had been made. Miss Eastman will be buried, however, in her own lot in Oakwood Cemetery.
Miss Eastman was probably the first woman principal of a school in Syracuse, She was at the head of Towsend School until 1862 or 1863. Mrs. Kate M. Cullen, now principal of the school, was one of the teachers there at that time.
From Syracuse Miss Eastman went to Buffalo, where she taught in the High school for twenty years. During that time she made a number of friends whom she visited frequently after leaving the city in 1882. She went to Philadelphia in that year and for two years taught in the public schools of that city.
In 1885 she accepted the principalship of the Ogontz school, one of the most fashionable boarding school in the county. She held that position at the time of her death.
Last week Miss Eastman took an active part in the commencement exercises at the school and as soon as they were over went directly to Buffao, where she expected to remain a few weeks. She had planned an automobile trip from Buffalo to Portland, Me., and intended to return to Philadelphia in time to meet a sister who was returning from Switzerland. She had also promised Mrs. Palmer that she would visit her some time this summer, as she had often done.
Among the Syracuse women who have attended Ogontz School while Miss Eastman was principal are Mrs. Andrew S. White, Mrs. John Wilkinson, Mrs. Thomas H. Halsted, Mrs. Albert Hills, Miss Eloise Holden, Mrs. Frank C. Sargent, Mrs. Walater R. Stone, Mrs. William Westphal, Mrs. Charles W. Andrews, Miss Florence Hyde and Mrs. Robert Dey.
Miss Eastman is survived by one brother, Hiram Eastman of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. R.T. Sencer of Geneva Switzerland, and Mrs. Annie Keyes of Virginia.
Syracuse Post Standard, Friday June 14, 1912, page 8
Cause of death: acute peritonitis
~~~~~~~~~
Miss Eastman dies suddenly
For quarter century heaad of Ogontz School for Girls
Principal here years ago
Presided over Townsend School--Stricken while visiting in Buffalo--will be buried in Syracuse
Miss Sylvia J. Eastman, principal of Townsend School half a century ago and for the last twenty-eight years principal of the Ogontz School for Girls near Philadelphia, died suddenly in Buffalo yesterday.
Miss Eastman, who was one of the best known women educators in the country, had been in Buffalo only two days when she was taken ill at the home of friends she was visiting. Her death was a shock to the many women in Syracuse who had known Miss Eastman, among them several former pupils at Ogontz.
The body will be brought to Syracuse for burial, but Mrs. A.W. Palmer of No. 406 University avenue, who will take charge of this funeral, said last night that no definite arrangements had been made. Miss Eastman will be buried, however, in her own lot in Oakwood Cemetery.
Miss Eastman was probably the first woman principal of a school in Syracuse, She was at the head of Towsend School until 1862 or 1863. Mrs. Kate M. Cullen, now principal of the school, was one of the teachers there at that time.
From Syracuse Miss Eastman went to Buffalo, where she taught in the High school for twenty years. During that time she made a number of friends whom she visited frequently after leaving the city in 1882. She went to Philadelphia in that year and for two years taught in the public schools of that city.
In 1885 she accepted the principalship of the Ogontz school, one of the most fashionable boarding school in the county. She held that position at the time of her death.
Last week Miss Eastman took an active part in the commencement exercises at the school and as soon as they were over went directly to Buffao, where she expected to remain a few weeks. She had planned an automobile trip from Buffalo to Portland, Me., and intended to return to Philadelphia in time to meet a sister who was returning from Switzerland. She had also promised Mrs. Palmer that she would visit her some time this summer, as she had often done.
Among the Syracuse women who have attended Ogontz School while Miss Eastman was principal are Mrs. Andrew S. White, Mrs. John Wilkinson, Mrs. Thomas H. Halsted, Mrs. Albert Hills, Miss Eloise Holden, Mrs. Frank C. Sargent, Mrs. Walater R. Stone, Mrs. William Westphal, Mrs. Charles W. Andrews, Miss Florence Hyde and Mrs. Robert Dey.
Miss Eastman is survived by one brother, Hiram Eastman of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. R.T. Sencer of Geneva Switzerland, and Mrs. Annie Keyes of Virginia.
Syracuse Post Standard, Friday June 14, 1912, page 8
Father Dr. Hiram Eastman
Cause of death: acute peritonitis
~~~~~~~~~
Miss Eastman dies suddenly
For quarter century heaad of Ogontz School for Girls
Principal here years ago
Presided over Townsend School--Stricken while visiting in Buffalo--will be buried in Syracuse
Miss Sylvia J. Eastman, principal of Townsend School half a century ago and for the last twenty-eight years principal of the Ogontz School for Girls near Philadelphia, died suddenly in Buffalo yesterday.
Miss Eastman, who was one of the best known women educators in the country, had been in Buffalo only two days when she was taken ill at the home of friends she was visiting. Her death was a shock to the many women in Syracuse who had known Miss Eastman, among them several former pupils at Ogontz.
The body will be brought to Syracuse for burial, but Mrs. A.W. Palmer of No. 406 University avenue, who will take charge of this funeral, said last night that no definite arrangements had been made. Miss Eastman will be buried, however, in her own lot in Oakwood Cemetery.
Miss Eastman was probably the first woman principal of a school in Syracuse, She was at the head of Towsend School until 1862 or 1863. Mrs. Kate M. Cullen, now principal of the school, was one of the teachers there at that time.
From Syracuse Miss Eastman went to Buffalo, where she taught in the High school for twenty years. During that time she made a number of friends whom she visited frequently after leaving the city in 1882. She went to Philadelphia in that year and for two years taught in the public schools of that city.
In 1885 she accepted the principalship of the Ogontz school, one of the most fashionable boarding school in the county. She held that position at the time of her death.
Last week Miss Eastman took an active part in the commencement exercises at the school and as soon as they were over went directly to Buffao, where she expected to remain a few weeks. She had planned an automobile trip from Buffalo to Portland, Me., and intended to return to Philadelphia in time to meet a sister who was returning from Switzerland. She had also promised Mrs. Palmer that she would visit her some time this summer, as she had often done.
Among the Syracuse women who have attended Ogontz School while Miss Eastman was principal are Mrs. Andrew S. White, Mrs. John Wilkinson, Mrs. Thomas H. Halsted, Mrs. Albert Hills, Miss Eloise Holden, Mrs. Frank C. Sargent, Mrs. Walater R. Stone, Mrs. William Westphal, Mrs. Charles W. Andrews, Miss Florence Hyde and Mrs. Robert Dey.
Miss Eastman is survived by one brother, Hiram Eastman of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. R.T. Sencer of Geneva Switzerland, and Mrs. Annie Keyes of Virginia.
Syracuse Post Standard, Friday June 14, 1912, page 8
Cause of death: acute peritonitis
~~~~~~~~~
Miss Eastman dies suddenly
For quarter century heaad of Ogontz School for Girls
Principal here years ago
Presided over Townsend School--Stricken while visiting in Buffalo--will be buried in Syracuse
Miss Sylvia J. Eastman, principal of Townsend School half a century ago and for the last twenty-eight years principal of the Ogontz School for Girls near Philadelphia, died suddenly in Buffalo yesterday.
Miss Eastman, who was one of the best known women educators in the country, had been in Buffalo only two days when she was taken ill at the home of friends she was visiting. Her death was a shock to the many women in Syracuse who had known Miss Eastman, among them several former pupils at Ogontz.
The body will be brought to Syracuse for burial, but Mrs. A.W. Palmer of No. 406 University avenue, who will take charge of this funeral, said last night that no definite arrangements had been made. Miss Eastman will be buried, however, in her own lot in Oakwood Cemetery.
Miss Eastman was probably the first woman principal of a school in Syracuse, She was at the head of Towsend School until 1862 or 1863. Mrs. Kate M. Cullen, now principal of the school, was one of the teachers there at that time.
From Syracuse Miss Eastman went to Buffalo, where she taught in the High school for twenty years. During that time she made a number of friends whom she visited frequently after leaving the city in 1882. She went to Philadelphia in that year and for two years taught in the public schools of that city.
In 1885 she accepted the principalship of the Ogontz school, one of the most fashionable boarding school in the county. She held that position at the time of her death.
Last week Miss Eastman took an active part in the commencement exercises at the school and as soon as they were over went directly to Buffao, where she expected to remain a few weeks. She had planned an automobile trip from Buffalo to Portland, Me., and intended to return to Philadelphia in time to meet a sister who was returning from Switzerland. She had also promised Mrs. Palmer that she would visit her some time this summer, as she had often done.
Among the Syracuse women who have attended Ogontz School while Miss Eastman was principal are Mrs. Andrew S. White, Mrs. John Wilkinson, Mrs. Thomas H. Halsted, Mrs. Albert Hills, Miss Eloise Holden, Mrs. Frank C. Sargent, Mrs. Walater R. Stone, Mrs. William Westphal, Mrs. Charles W. Andrews, Miss Florence Hyde and Mrs. Robert Dey.
Miss Eastman is survived by one brother, Hiram Eastman of Indianapolis, and two sisters, Mrs. R.T. Sencer of Geneva Switzerland, and Mrs. Annie Keyes of Virginia.
Syracuse Post Standard, Friday June 14, 1912, page 8
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