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In Memory of: Christina Aiassi Obituary
Posted by: LauraG on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 - 10:41 AM
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Here is the obituary as it appreared in the Southern Illinoisan on January 10, 2006
Murphysboro - Christina K. Aiassi, 102, died at 10:15am, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006, at home.
She was born in Murphysboro, March 27, 1903, a daughter of the late Henry and Mary (Sundmacher) Aiassi.
Services will be at 2pm, Wednesday (Jan. 11, 2006) in Crawshaw Funeral Home in Murphysboro, with Pastor Mike Fender of Spring Bay United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follw at Pleasant Grove Memorial Park in Murphysboro.
Visitation will be from 5pm to 8 pm today (January 10. 2006) at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Christina Aiassi Scholarship Fund and will be accepted at the funeral home or at the guidance department at Murphysboro High School, 50 Blackwood Drive, Murphysboro, Illinois 62966.
Miss Aiassi was a dedicated and respected teacher for 47 years. She passed the test allowing her to teach prior to receiving a college degree in March 1921, signed her first teaching contract that April, and then graduated from Murphysboro Township HIgh School in June 1921. She taught in Dowell for one yar, and then began her career with the Murphysboro School District with a year at Lincoln School, followed by a long tenure at Logan Junior High School. When the junior high was moved to Carruthers School in 1957, she taught in that building for 11 years. After her retirement in June 1968, she continued educating the students of Murphysboro as a substitute teacher for nearly 20 years.
Miss Aiassi received her bachelor of science degree from Southern Illinois Normal University in June 1926, her master of arts in education degree from the University of Illinois in June 1947, and completed all of her college coursework by attending summer sessions and night classes.
Miss Aiassi was the first Murphysboro Community Unit District 186 teacher to have student teachers from SIU come for their training. She also taught summer school at SIU. On May 21, 1974, at age 71, she was named Murphysboro Chamber of Commerce "Woman of the Year". Her entire life has been dedicated to her teaching. She was considered an outstanding teacher who held the respect and admiration of her fellow teachers, administrators and her pupils.
Christina was a member of the First Lutheran Church in Murphysboro.
Survivors include two brothers, Fred and Eugene L. Aiassi, both of Granite City; one niece, Phyllis Elaine Grob of Murphysboro, grand-niece Carolyn Gallegly and husband, Tom, of Murphysboro, and grand-nephew Dale Grob and wife, Christy.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Frieda Marie Yeager, her brother-in-law, Burke Yeager, and her nephew-in-law, Gene Grob.
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