Hose - Anna Laura Grubb
(Anna) Laura Grubb HOSE
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 3 Feb 1970 p. 3
Friday, Jan 30 marked the end of the life of Laura G. Hose, but not of her legacy to hundreds of "her children" who now are adult citizens. Her legacy to the children she taught over the years was one of love and education. One couldn't say which was most important because one without the other wasn't possible for Mrs. Hose. She had a deep love for her profession and for the young minds she guided from childhood to adulthood. She patterned her teaching after the loving example her mother set for her. "She never punished me physicially and never raised her voice. She liked to stay at home and care for her children. I've tried to pattern myt eaching after her, although it was a little hard because children will get a little roudy at times," she once said. Endless hours of teaching. Endless hours of preparation. Rewarding hours of watching young eyes glow as the minds behind them began to grasp the knowledge Mrs. Hose held out to them. Sometimes a feeling of defeat when a child dropped out of school to help out at home. Sometimes a feeling of challenge when a difficult child refused to learn. Sometimes a feeling of accomplishment when a slow learner began to catch up with the class because Mrs. Hose cared enough to give him special attention. But there was always that love, regardless of the situation, which made Laura Hose more than a teacher, more than a name to be forgotten after the end of the school year. That love for her students and her teaching profession made possible the legacy Laura Hose left behind her. And that love will touch the memories of hundreds of "her children" in the years to come when they recall her, a favorite teacher because she really cared about each of "her children." The end of life, but not the end of a legacy. - typed by kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Journal Review 31 Jan 1970 p 5 typed by Walt W
Mrs. Laura G. Hose, a woman whose name is as well known as the city elementary school which is named after her, died Friday night at the Carmen Nursing Home where she was a patient. Mrs. Hose, who spent 36 years of her life teaching in public schools, was 95. Mrs. Hose began her teaching career in the fall of 1892 in a small one-room country school known as Campbell's School. Before her marriage to James M. Hose in 1898, she taught in New Ross, Longview (a country school located at that time on the Country Club Road), and Linden. She resumed her teaching in 1913, following the death of her husband in 1912. She taught at the Fiskville School and in the fall of 1921, she started to teach in the present Willson School on East Wabash Avenue and taught there continually until her retirement in 1941. Following her retirement from the public school system, Mrs. Hose devoted many hours of her time to tutoring children, who in her words, "just needed a little extra attention." As late as the summer of 1964, when she was practically 90 years old, Mrs. Hose was still giving children, that little bit of "extra attention." Mrs. Hose attended school in Crawfordsville and graduated from Crawfordsville High School. Her graduating class of 1892 completed the year at Wabash College after CHS was closed by a fire. She received her higher education at Indiana University in Chicago. She was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, DAR, Athens Chapter of Eastern Star, Women's Relief Corps, Daughters of Union Veterans and the First United Methodist Church. In 1954 this city, in which live countless people who were educated in part by Mrs. Hose, dedicated a new elementary school with her name. At the time she said she couldn't understand why they had chosen her for such an honor. "I'm nothing to make a fuss about," she said. "I just like to live, like people and love teaching children." She was born Dec. 3, 1876, in Crawfordsville. She and her husband were the parents of four sons, John, Joe, Carl and Walter, now all deceased. Mrs. Hose is survived by five grandchildren: Mrs. Joan Cummings of Los Angeles, Calif.; Mrs. James Cavanaugh of New Jersey; Mrs. Farrell Bennett of Tampa, Fla.; Mrs. John Baugh of Brea, Calif., and Mrs. Paul Burbrink of Brownsburg. She is also survived by 15 great-grandchildren. Services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday at Hunt and Son Funeral Home. Rev. Frank Little of the First United Methodist Church will officiate. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home.