Geneva Burt Spencer McQuigg
February 8, 2018 at 5:20 p.m.
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She died Feb. 5, 2018, in Bloomington.
Geneva was born in Kosciusko County in northern Indiana to William Kyle and Emma Bernice Rogers Gibson. She attended high school in Mentone, college at Manchester College in North Manchester and graduate school at the Indiana University Bloomington campus.
Her career as an elementary school teacher unfolded primarily at the University School in Bloomington, where countless former students fondly recall her energy and enthusiasm. Their stories include remembrances of the above-and-beyond programs and plays that she orchestrated and the farm animals that she spirited into the classroom through the back door. Think of a diapered baby lamb. Shhh.
In spite of, or maybe because of her notion that farm animals in the schoolroom would be a good idea, Geneva became a member of Pi Lambda Theta sorority, “one of the nation’s most prestigious education honor societies. … Membership signifies a strong commitment to academic excellence and the teaching profession. … Educators who join Pi Lambda Theta are recognized for their exemplary achievement.”
She celebrated three wonderful marriages to Doctors Lorin A. Burt, Beaufort “Bud” Spencer and Bruce McQuigg. Her devoted husbands each preceded her in death.
She is survived by children Marianne Burt, Bloomington, and Carl W. Burt, Warsaw; stepchildren Ellen (Jim) Strasma, Irvine, Calif.; Barbara Edmonds, Bloomington; Maribeth Spencer, Seattle, Wash.; Ted Spencer, Washington, D.C.; Sue (Les) Dixon, Bend, Ore.; and Paul McQuigg, Indianapolis; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
With immeasurable gratitude, the family profoundly thanks the caregivers and support staff at Meadowood Health Pavilion and Heart to Heart Hospice for their tireless patience, professionalism and kindness.
Geneva’s memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 100 Ind. 46, Bloomington, where she was a longtime member, followed immediately by a reception in the fellowship hall.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Internment will take place in Kosciusko County.
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Memorials to the Carl W. and Lorin A. Burt Memorial Fund at Manchester University, 604 E. College Ave., North Manchester, IN 46962 (Geneva’s father-in-law, Carl W. Burt, was a well-respected, long-time football coach at Manchester.); or Heart to Heart Hospice, 463 S. Landmark Ave., Bloomington, IN 47403.
She died Feb. 5, 2018, in Bloomington.
Geneva was born in Kosciusko County in northern Indiana to William Kyle and Emma Bernice Rogers Gibson. She attended high school in Mentone, college at Manchester College in North Manchester and graduate school at the Indiana University Bloomington campus.
Her career as an elementary school teacher unfolded primarily at the University School in Bloomington, where countless former students fondly recall her energy and enthusiasm. Their stories include remembrances of the above-and-beyond programs and plays that she orchestrated and the farm animals that she spirited into the classroom through the back door. Think of a diapered baby lamb. Shhh.
In spite of, or maybe because of her notion that farm animals in the schoolroom would be a good idea, Geneva became a member of Pi Lambda Theta sorority, “one of the nation’s most prestigious education honor societies. … Membership signifies a strong commitment to academic excellence and the teaching profession. … Educators who join Pi Lambda Theta are recognized for their exemplary achievement.”
She celebrated three wonderful marriages to Doctors Lorin A. Burt, Beaufort “Bud” Spencer and Bruce McQuigg. Her devoted husbands each preceded her in death.
She is survived by children Marianne Burt, Bloomington, and Carl W. Burt, Warsaw; stepchildren Ellen (Jim) Strasma, Irvine, Calif.; Barbara Edmonds, Bloomington; Maribeth Spencer, Seattle, Wash.; Ted Spencer, Washington, D.C.; Sue (Les) Dixon, Bend, Ore.; and Paul McQuigg, Indianapolis; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
With immeasurable gratitude, the family profoundly thanks the caregivers and support staff at Meadowood Health Pavilion and Heart to Heart Hospice for their tireless patience, professionalism and kindness.
Geneva’s memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, 100 Ind. 46, Bloomington, where she was a longtime member, followed immediately by a reception in the fellowship hall.
Visitation will be one hour prior to the service.
Internment will take place in Kosciusko County.
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Memorials to the Carl W. and Lorin A. Burt Memorial Fund at Manchester University, 604 E. College Ave., North Manchester, IN 46962 (Geneva’s father-in-law, Carl W. Burt, was a well-respected, long-time football coach at Manchester.); or Heart to Heart Hospice, 463 S. Landmark Ave., Bloomington, IN 47403.
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