Louise (Barnhart) Fuller

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Biography

She is the daughter of Marvin Barnhart and Leida Drury.

"The Salem News", October 26, 1976

"Teacher of the Year

"COLUMBUS (UPI) - The state education department has named Louise B. Fuller, 52, Ohio Teacher of the Year for 1977.

"Mrs. Fuller has taught reading at Superior Elementary School in East Cleveland for the past five years. Before that she was a fifth grade teacher and substitute in East Cleveland.

"The state honor qualifies her as a candidate in America's 1977 Teacher of the Year contest, sponsored by the council of Chief State School Officers, Encyclopaedia Brittanica and the Ladies Home Journal.

"An education department committee singled out Mrs. Fuller, a 13-year teaching veteran from nominees submitted by each district in the state on the basis of statements by fellow teachers, administrators, parents and students."^[1]

"The Evening Independent", October 26, 1976

"TEACHER OF THE YEAR - Mrs. Louise B. Fuller, above, a reading teacher at Teacher Elementary School in the East Cleveland City School District, was named Monday as Ohio's Teacher of the Year for 1977 by the superintendent of public instruction."^[2]

"The Pittsburgh Courier", December 18, 1976

"Black East Cleveland instructor chosen '77 teacher of the year

"COLUMBUS - Mrs. Louise B. Fuller, reading teacher at Superior Elementary School in the East Cleveland City School District has been named Ohio's Teacher of the Year for 1977 by Superintendent of Public Instruction Martin W. Essex.

"The honor qualifies her as a candidate in America's 1977 Teacher of the Year contest, sponsored by the council of Chief State School Officers, Encyclopedia Brittanica and the Ladies Home Journal.

"As a reading teacher, Mrs. Fuller uses every opportunity to present children with the tools needed to make reading an integral part of their future and a source of fulfillment.

"Reflecting the sentiments of many East Cleveland residents, one parent said, 'Thanks to Mrs. Fuller my son's work habits and grades improved, not only in reading but in other subjects as well.'

"'She sets high standards for students and works diligently to meet the students' needs,' said a teacher colleague. 'Her high standards of performance have earned her the respect of the entire faculty.'

"Realizing that working with children was her goal, Mrs. Fuller enrolled in Case Western Reserve's Graduate School in 1959, where she earned a master's degree in elementary education.

"Chosen from more than 100 nominees she received a special $2000 Master Teacher Award last May from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation to pursue further study."^[3]

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Sources

Birth

Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSH-R5KX : accessed 29 September 2015), Leida Louise Barnhart, 10 May 1923; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 18362, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .

Census

Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA, "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW6L-3LN : accessed 16 Aug 2013), L Louise Barnhart in entry for Perry F Ellsworth, 1940.

Geneva, Ontario Co., New York, USA, "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X4RT-2GM : accessed 15 Aug 2013), Lida L Barnhart in entry for Lida A Barnhart, 1930.

Death

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=46566158

Burial: Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio, USA

Obituary

LOUISE BARNHART FULLER

FULLER LOUISE BARNHART FULLER, 86. Beloved wife of the late Robert W. Fuller; loving mother of Daniel (Christine) Fuller, Thomas (Kathryn) Fuller and Duncan Fuller; grandmother of Scott and Amy Fuller, Alice, Anne and Claire Fuller; sister of the late George Ford and Kay Schnackel. Memorial Services 11:00 AM, April 24, 2010, at Forest HIll Presbyterian Church, 3031 Monticello Blvd., Cleveland Hts, 44118. Louise was a long time member of Forest Hill Presbyterian Church. She is a retired teacher from the East Cleveland School District, after 20 years of service, where she was awarded Ohio Teacher of the year in 1977. Donations to Forest Hill Presbyterian Church.^[4]

Memorial

Louise Barnhart "Barney" Fuller grew up partly in a tent at Euclid Beach Park during the Depression. She became Ohio's teacher of the year.

Fuller died Jan. 6 at her home in Willougby at age 86.

She was born in Chicago to a leading prosecutor who died during the daughter's infancy.

She earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from Western Reserve University and taught for 20 years in East Cleveland public schools, mostly Prospect Elementary and Superior Elementary. She led a homeroom, then taught remedial reading and special education.

"A good sense of humor is a must," Fuller told The Plain Dealer in 1976, when honored by the Ohio Department of Education.

She also won a Jennings scholarship to study in England.^[5]

Footnotes

1. ↑ "The Salem News", Salem, Ohio, USA, October 26, 1976, page 1, http://www.newspapers.com/clip/3318185/the_salem_news/
2. ↑ "The Evening Independent", Massillon, Ohio, USA, October 26, 1976, page 8, http://www.newspapers.com/clip/3318219/the_evening_independent/
3. ↑ "The Pittsburgh Courier", Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, December 18, 1976, page 12, http://www.newspapers.com/clip/3318247/the_pittsburgh_courier/
4. ↑ The Plain Dealer on April 18, 2010, http://obits.cleveland.com/obituaries/cleveland/obituary.aspx?pid=141930414
5. ↑ Cleveland.com 1/15/2010 by Grant Segal

Acknowledgments

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