June SHATTUCK Birch 1920 - 2008 b. Stovertown, Ohio
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June SHATTUCK Birch 1920 - 2008 b. Stovertown, Ohio
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Posted: 26 Sep 2008 12:46PM GMT |
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Shattuck, Birch
DUNCAN FALLS, Ohio - June Shattuck Birch, 88, of Silver Spring, Md., formerly of Stovertown,(Muskingum County) Ohio, died Sept. 23, 2008, of metastatic liver cancer at her home.
Mrs. Birch, daughter of the late Wallace and Nina Shattuck, was born on June 4, 1920, on the family farm near Stovertown, Ohio in a house built by her great-grandfather. Her early education was in a one-room schoolhouse in Stovertown, moving on to Philo (Ohio) High School, where she graduated as valedictorian. She attended Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Va. for one year, transferring to Ohio State University, where she obtained a degree in education.
During World War II, Mrs. Birch taught in several Ohio schools. On May 13, 1945, she married John K. Birch, whom she had met at OSU, in the St. John's Lutheran Church in Stovertown. The couple lived in several places during their life together, including San Antonio, Texas, where two daughters, Nancy Anne and Carol Sue, were born, and Quincy, Ill., where a son, John Douglas, was born.
In Maryland, Mrs. Birch taught in a private school and several county elementary schools. Later she became a media center specialist and followed that career until retirement in 1990.
Aside from her family, art and travel were her strongest interests. She used art effectively in her teaching and library work. She was a talented watercolorist, enamelist and collector. She actively supported art education programs for schools and the public, and was a charter member of the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. She was an avid birder since childhood and was a member of the Maryland Ornithological Society.
Mrs. Birch's interest in travel began with a car-and-tent trip from Ohio to California in 1933, with her parents, her aunt, her two sisters and a cousin. This interest intensified as an adult when she received from her husband a trip to Europe as a 25th anniversary present. She had visited 41 countries and six continents.
Surviving are two sisters, Dollie Henderson of Eustis, Fla. and Mary Carol Mitchell of Philo, Ohio; three children, Nancy Wagner of Avon, Conn., Carol Travis of Naples, Fla., and John D. Birch of Richmond, Va.; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, at St. John's Lutheran Church on Ohio 555 in Stovertown, Ohio with burial in the church cemetery. Viewing will begin at 10:30 a.m.
To send a note of condolence to the family go to: www.thompsonfarusfuneralhome.com.
Mrs. Birch, daughter of the late Wallace and Nina Shattuck, was born on June 4, 1920, on the family farm near Stovertown, Ohio in a house built by her great-grandfather. Her early education was in a one-room schoolhouse in Stovertown, moving on to Philo (Ohio) High School, where she graduated as valedictorian. She attended Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Va. for one year, transferring to Ohio State University, where she obtained a degree in education.
During World War II, Mrs. Birch taught in several Ohio schools. On May 13, 1945, she married John K. Birch, whom she had met at OSU, in the St. John's Lutheran Church in Stovertown. The couple lived in several places during their life together, including San Antonio, Texas, where two daughters, Nancy Anne and Carol Sue, were born, and Quincy, Ill., where a son, John Douglas, was born.
In Maryland, Mrs. Birch taught in a private school and several county elementary schools. Later she became a media center specialist and followed that career until retirement in 1990.
Aside from her family, art and travel were her strongest interests. She used art effectively in her teaching and library work. She was a talented watercolorist, enamelist and collector. She actively supported art education programs for schools and the public, and was a charter member of the National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C. She was an avid birder since childhood and was a member of the Maryland Ornithological Society.
Mrs. Birch's interest in travel began with a car-and-tent trip from Ohio to California in 1933, with her parents, her aunt, her two sisters and a cousin. This interest intensified as an adult when she received from her husband a trip to Europe as a 25th anniversary present. She had visited 41 countries and six continents.
Surviving are two sisters, Dollie Henderson of Eustis, Fla. and Mary Carol Mitchell of Philo, Ohio; three children, Nancy Wagner of Avon, Conn., Carol Travis of Naples, Fla., and John D. Birch of Richmond, Va.; seven grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.
Services will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, at St. John's Lutheran Church on Ohio 555 in Stovertown, Ohio with burial in the church cemetery. Viewing will begin at 10:30 a.m.
To send a note of condolence to the family go to: www.thompsonfarusfuneralhome.com.