Clara Rose Pritchett
With profound sadness, I am announcing the passing of my mother, Clara Rose Pritchett. A devoted friend of all whose lives she touched, especially the hundreds of high school students she taught between 1950 and 1981. She died peacefully at her home soon after her 94th birthday. She was born in the small farming community of Sailor Springs, Illinois, at the home of her grandparents on December 11, 1928. As a young girl, teenager, and adult, she witnessed incredible changes in the making. One year, she hitchhiked to high school because no buses ran where she lived. It was 7 miles from her home ...