Following the one year term taught by Eleanor (Spohn) Smith, Betty Marie Peterson taught the following school year at the Browne school, 1944 - 1945.
Betty Marie Peterson was born on June 21, 1921 in Sycamore, DeKalb county, Illinois to Esther (Bergstrom) and Otto Edward Peterson. Betty was baptized at the Salem Lutheran Church in Sycamore on July 3, 1921. Betty's entry is the last one listed below.
The 1930 US Census lists Betty living (lines 65 - 69) with her parents Otto and Esther and siblings Olive and Orville in DeKalb, DeKalb township, DeKalb county, Illinois. Betty's father is employed as a professor at a college.
The 1940 US Census lists Betty living (lines 49 - 51) living in DeKalb with her parents. Her father is listed as a teacher at a teacher's college, which would be the Northern Illinois State Teachers College in DeKalb, Illinois.
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Page 3 of the August 24, 1945 edition of The Sycamore Tribune published the marriage of Betty Marie Peterson and Sylvester Solomon Plapp. They were married August 23, 1945 in Sycamore, Illinois at the Federated Church.
The Tribune added that Betty had graduated from the Northern Illinois State Teachers College, taught at local DeKalb rural schools and would be teaching at the Genoa Grade school.
The announcement also states Betty's father was superintendent of schools and at the time currently a professor at the Teachers College.
Sylvester Plapp's maternal uncle, Josephs Samuel Askvig had married another Browne school teacher, Rose Riley who had taught there 30 years before Betty.
Betty Marie (Peterson) Plapp passed away on February 27, 1985 in Pensacola, Escambia county, Florida. Her memorial can be viewed here.
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