Lawrence Presbyterian Manor
OCTOBER 2020
Former teachers take walk down memory lane Fall is in the air and, for many, this time of year conjures up memories of school days. For two of our residents, those memories also include a career as teachers. Residents Bob Bearse and Mary Gauthier reminisce about their days in the classroom as educators. Mary Gauthier’s career as a teacher started out in a small town in Iowa where she managed the school paper and yearbook. She later moved to Lawrence where she taught at Lawrence High School from 1960-86.
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“I had the best job in the world,” Resident Mary Gauthier taught at Lawrence High for 26 years. said Mary. “I taught juniors and seniors in the morning and in the afternoon, I trained them for jobs. We’d work out what work skills they’d need for a job and then create a training memo for each student.” One student of Mary’s that she is particularly proud of trained with her at Lawrence High before working at First National Bank. Today, she works for KPERS and has her doctorate. Mary was raised in a family that focused on helping other people. She
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