Ruey Kenworthy^[1]

1908 - 2007  (98 years)

• Name	Ruey Kenworthy
  Born	27 Sep 1908	Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
  Gender	Female
  Died	01 May 2007	Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States
  Person ID	I8779182082	Master Tree
  Last Modified	19 Apr 2012

  
  

  Father	Robert Kenworthy
  Mother	Paige Middlebrook
  Family ID	F16053352987	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Albert Verner Nygren,   b. 26 Aug 1901, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States ,   d. 23 Mar 1978, Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States  (Age 76 years)  [2]
  Last Modified	24 Sep 2007
  Family ID	F8026638548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 27 Sep 1908 - Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States Died - 01 May 2007 - Wilkes Barre, Luzerne, Pennsylvania, United States  = Link to Google Earth
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  [S16144775135] Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, 5B, 3 Jun 2007. Belatedly, I have heard that Ruey K. Nygren passed away on May 1. As a Times Leader Evening News and Wilkes-Barre Record carrier, I was privileged to be a student of Miss Kenworthy's, as she was called then. I also knew Al Nygren, whom she later married. He was a Bear Creek Township board member whom I had great respect for and as a 7th- and 8th-grader, I was happy to see them married. Mrs. Nygren was one of my best teachers at the then Oliver School in Bear Creek Township. When I delivered the Wilkes-Barre Record to Mrs. Nygren early each morning, she was always there on the back porch to meet me and say, "Good morning, James, and I'll see you in about two hours after you get through with your route." Mrs. Nygren was not only a great teacher, but also a good disciplinarian. I know that for a fact - as she would put my brother, Joe, in his place as he had a tendency to act up many times. My sister, Margaret, and I were in the seventh grade at that time and my brother was in the eighth grade. Mrs. Nygren was very nice to me, as she knew of the Gross boys. I was a very good student and always eager to learn. As I hitchhiked to Coughlin High School, I had her in mind when I had almost perfect attendance there for four years. I knew if I studied hard and completed Coughlin, maybe some day I could go to college and be a teacher just like her. I knew that something had to happen financially, because my father was a coal miner with limited wages. But I kept up the hope and in a peculiar way my dream to go to college and be a teacher just like Mrs. Nygren would come true. The opportunity came just prior to the Korean conflict. I joined the U.S. Air Force in September 1948 for four years. After serving a tour of duty on Okinawa with the 20th Air Force, I was discharged in time to enter the University of Scranton in September 1952. Naturally, still remembering my teacher and mentor, Mrs. Nygren, I entered as an education major and graduated four years later. I received a teaching job in Trenton, N.J., (Ewing Township public schools) and had been a teacher, counselor and an administrator for the past 49 years, retiring on June 30, 2005. Thank you, Mrs. Nygren, for being my inspiration to go into teaching. I am now a volunteer at the St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center in Lawrenceville, N.J. In my new role, I help older patients to get from one part of the center to another. What a career, not ended yet. Mrs. Nygren, your longevity spanned many years and, just for one moment, think about the thousands and thousands of children you helped along the way. To be like you would be one of my last wishes in life. [S8072066168] U.S. Public Records Index, The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. 80 E Northampton, Wilkes Barre, PA