Daughter of Charles Sharp And
Charlotte Smith
Single
Brothers:
Rush B Sharp
Maurice Sharp
known as the "Mother of Dick and Jane"
Was A reading consultant and elementary school teacher, in Laporte, Indiana
Zerna Sharp is known as the Mother of Dick and Jane books.
she contacted William S. Gray, she then presented her ideas for her books.
Zerna joined Scott, Foresman and Company in 1924.
For about 30 years Ms. Sharp was a Scott, Foresman & Company textbook editor located in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Sharp retired from this well-known publisher in 1964.
Dick and Jane book series, the most popular reading language of all time, was taught from 1930 through the 1970's in elementary schools throughout the world.
The following additional information is suggested by Find-A-Grave member, Mitzi Shepard (48538377).
Leah K (Sharp) Stuart is Zerna's sister. born 8-20-1901, died 2-25-1963. She is buried in the same cemetery. Leah's husband is Artie Ellsworth Stuart.
Burial location kindly suggested by Find-A-Grave member, Peterborough K (46537737)---
Whiteman Cemetery, LOCATION
SR 29
Michigantown, Clinton County, Indiana, USA
The following additional information is suggested by Contributor: Michelle Hamlin Peterson (47364888) --
" Zerna Addis Sharp was born on August 12, 1889, to Charles and Lottie (Smith) Sharp in Hillisburg, Clinton County, Indiana, and was the eldest of the family's five children. Zerna's father owned a general store in Hillisburg. After graduating from high school she completed a year of teacher training at Marion Normal College (Indiana Wesleyan University) in Marion, Indiana, but never earned a degree, and later attended Columbia University in New York City.
She was an American educator and book editor who is best known as the creator of the Dick and Jane series of beginning readers for elementary school-aged children. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company of Chicago, Illinois, the readers, which described the activities of her fictional siblings, "Dick," "Jane," "Sally," and other characters, were widely used in schools in the United States and many other English-speaking countries for nearly forty years. The series, which included such titles as We Look and See, We Come and Go, We Work and Play, and Fun with Dick and Jane, among others, was marketed until 1973 and used the look-say method of teaching reading.
Sharp began her career as an educator. She taught first-grade students for nearly a decade at elementary schools in Hillisburg, Kirklin, and La Porte, Indiana. Sharp also served as an elementary school principal.
Sharp died at Wesley Manor nursing home in Frankfort, Indiana, on June 17, 1981, at the age of ninety-one."
Charlotte Smith
Single
Brothers:
Rush B Sharp
Maurice Sharp
known as the "Mother of Dick and Jane"
Was A reading consultant and elementary school teacher, in Laporte, Indiana
Zerna Sharp is known as the Mother of Dick and Jane books.
she contacted William S. Gray, she then presented her ideas for her books.
Zerna joined Scott, Foresman and Company in 1924.
For about 30 years Ms. Sharp was a Scott, Foresman & Company textbook editor located in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Sharp retired from this well-known publisher in 1964.
Dick and Jane book series, the most popular reading language of all time, was taught from 1930 through the 1970's in elementary schools throughout the world.
The following additional information is suggested by Find-A-Grave member, Mitzi Shepard (48538377).
Leah K (Sharp) Stuart is Zerna's sister. born 8-20-1901, died 2-25-1963. She is buried in the same cemetery. Leah's husband is Artie Ellsworth Stuart.
Burial location kindly suggested by Find-A-Grave member, Peterborough K (46537737)---
Whiteman Cemetery, LOCATION
SR 29
Michigantown, Clinton County, Indiana, USA
The following additional information is suggested by Contributor: Michelle Hamlin Peterson (47364888) --
" Zerna Addis Sharp was born on August 12, 1889, to Charles and Lottie (Smith) Sharp in Hillisburg, Clinton County, Indiana, and was the eldest of the family's five children. Zerna's father owned a general store in Hillisburg. After graduating from high school she completed a year of teacher training at Marion Normal College (Indiana Wesleyan University) in Marion, Indiana, but never earned a degree, and later attended Columbia University in New York City.
She was an American educator and book editor who is best known as the creator of the Dick and Jane series of beginning readers for elementary school-aged children. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company of Chicago, Illinois, the readers, which described the activities of her fictional siblings, "Dick," "Jane," "Sally," and other characters, were widely used in schools in the United States and many other English-speaking countries for nearly forty years. The series, which included such titles as We Look and See, We Come and Go, We Work and Play, and Fun with Dick and Jane, among others, was marketed until 1973 and used the look-say method of teaching reading.
Sharp began her career as an educator. She taught first-grade students for nearly a decade at elementary schools in Hillisburg, Kirklin, and La Porte, Indiana. Sharp also served as an elementary school principal.
Sharp died at Wesley Manor nursing home in Frankfort, Indiana, on June 17, 1981, at the age of ninety-one."
Daughter of Charles Sharp And
Charlotte Smith
Single
Brothers:
Rush B Sharp
Maurice Sharp
known as the "Mother of Dick and Jane"
Was A reading consultant and elementary school teacher, in Laporte, Indiana
Zerna Sharp is known as the Mother of Dick and Jane books.
she contacted William S. Gray, she then presented her ideas for her books.
Zerna joined Scott, Foresman and Company in 1924.
For about 30 years Ms. Sharp was a Scott, Foresman & Company textbook editor located in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Sharp retired from this well-known publisher in 1964.
Dick and Jane book series, the most popular reading language of all time, was taught from 1930 through the 1970's in elementary schools throughout the world.
The following additional information is suggested by Find-A-Grave member, Mitzi Shepard (48538377).
Leah K (Sharp) Stuart is Zerna's sister. born 8-20-1901, died 2-25-1963. She is buried in the same cemetery. Leah's husband is Artie Ellsworth Stuart.
Burial location kindly suggested by Find-A-Grave member, Peterborough K (46537737)---
Whiteman Cemetery, LOCATION
SR 29
Michigantown, Clinton County, Indiana, USA
The following additional information is suggested by Contributor: Michelle Hamlin Peterson (47364888) --
" Zerna Addis Sharp was born on August 12, 1889, to Charles and Lottie (Smith) Sharp in Hillisburg, Clinton County, Indiana, and was the eldest of the family's five children. Zerna's father owned a general store in Hillisburg. After graduating from high school she completed a year of teacher training at Marion Normal College (Indiana Wesleyan University) in Marion, Indiana, but never earned a degree, and later attended Columbia University in New York City.
She was an American educator and book editor who is best known as the creator of the Dick and Jane series of beginning readers for elementary school-aged children. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company of Chicago, Illinois, the readers, which described the activities of her fictional siblings, "Dick," "Jane," "Sally," and other characters, were widely used in schools in the United States and many other English-speaking countries for nearly forty years. The series, which included such titles as We Look and See, We Come and Go, We Work and Play, and Fun with Dick and Jane, among others, was marketed until 1973 and used the look-say method of teaching reading.
Sharp began her career as an educator. She taught first-grade students for nearly a decade at elementary schools in Hillisburg, Kirklin, and La Porte, Indiana. Sharp also served as an elementary school principal.
Sharp died at Wesley Manor nursing home in Frankfort, Indiana, on June 17, 1981, at the age of ninety-one."
Charlotte Smith
Single
Brothers:
Rush B Sharp
Maurice Sharp
known as the "Mother of Dick and Jane"
Was A reading consultant and elementary school teacher, in Laporte, Indiana
Zerna Sharp is known as the Mother of Dick and Jane books.
she contacted William S. Gray, she then presented her ideas for her books.
Zerna joined Scott, Foresman and Company in 1924.
For about 30 years Ms. Sharp was a Scott, Foresman & Company textbook editor located in Chicago, Illinois. Ms. Sharp retired from this well-known publisher in 1964.
Dick and Jane book series, the most popular reading language of all time, was taught from 1930 through the 1970's in elementary schools throughout the world.
The following additional information is suggested by Find-A-Grave member, Mitzi Shepard (48538377).
Leah K (Sharp) Stuart is Zerna's sister. born 8-20-1901, died 2-25-1963. She is buried in the same cemetery. Leah's husband is Artie Ellsworth Stuart.
Burial location kindly suggested by Find-A-Grave member, Peterborough K (46537737)---
Whiteman Cemetery, LOCATION
SR 29
Michigantown, Clinton County, Indiana, USA
The following additional information is suggested by Contributor: Michelle Hamlin Peterson (47364888) --
" Zerna Addis Sharp was born on August 12, 1889, to Charles and Lottie (Smith) Sharp in Hillisburg, Clinton County, Indiana, and was the eldest of the family's five children. Zerna's father owned a general store in Hillisburg. After graduating from high school she completed a year of teacher training at Marion Normal College (Indiana Wesleyan University) in Marion, Indiana, but never earned a degree, and later attended Columbia University in New York City.
She was an American educator and book editor who is best known as the creator of the Dick and Jane series of beginning readers for elementary school-aged children. Published by Scott, Foresman and Company of Chicago, Illinois, the readers, which described the activities of her fictional siblings, "Dick," "Jane," "Sally," and other characters, were widely used in schools in the United States and many other English-speaking countries for nearly forty years. The series, which included such titles as We Look and See, We Come and Go, We Work and Play, and Fun with Dick and Jane, among others, was marketed until 1973 and used the look-say method of teaching reading.
Sharp began her career as an educator. She taught first-grade students for nearly a decade at elementary schools in Hillisburg, Kirklin, and La Porte, Indiana. Sharp also served as an elementary school principal.
Sharp died at Wesley Manor nursing home in Frankfort, Indiana, on June 17, 1981, at the age of ninety-one."
