Churchville teacher for 41 years, Julia Berle Ratigan, was honored on her birthday by students from over 50 years past.
Students gathered at Julia’s residence at Beikirch Care Center in Brockport and presented her with a quilt hand made by Frances Barkley Colby and signed by the participants, Dona Berle Reinhold, Beverly Berle Rieflin, Nancy Marion Hyde, Carol Beswick Miller, Gary Miller, Frances Colby and John Reinhold.
Julia Berle Ratigan was born in Churchville September 15, 1915. She received her degree at Geneseo State Teachers College in 1939 and began her 41 year teaching career that fall. She married Lewis Bernard Ratigan, who for years managed the Churchville Bank.
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