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Title
Bella Gruber - Second Grade Teacher
Description
Bella was born on 12/20/1904 to Eli (6/21/1875-3/14/1924) and Gertrude (10/26/1879-11/22/1969) Gruber. She grew up at 23 Summer Street in Maynard. She had two brothers, Martin (5/16/1902-7/30/1973) and Benajmin (2/17/1907 – 3/12/1982) and a sister Celia (5/12/1908-8/29/2005). She graduated from Maynard High School in 1922. Subsequently, she graduated from Fitchburg Normal College as a teacher in 1924. After working as a teacher elsewhere, she started in Maynard as a second-grade teacher in 1928 at the Main Street/Wilson School, where she worked through 1941. She transferred to the Roosevelt School as a second-grade teacher where she worked from 1942 through 1947. She then transferred to the Coolidge School in 1948 as a second-grade teacher. She continued there until 1971 when she retired. She taught school for 46 years, 44 of which were in Maynard.
She lived with her sister, Celia at the family home at 23 Summer Street until her passing on 4/10/1984.
Photos Bella Gruber
1) Bella Gruber - MHS Class of 1922
2) Bella Gruber – 4th grade (1913-1914) Nason St. School
3) Eli Gruber Family – ca. 1916 - (l-r):
Bella (daughter, left), Gertrude (mother), Celia (daughter, front), Martin (son, back), Eli (father), and Benjamin (son, front)
4) Bella Gruber – graduate 1924. Fitchburg Normal Teachers College
5) Bella Gruber obituary (4/10/1984). Boston Globe
6) Bella Gruber – Find-A-Grave (Ohavi Sedeck Cemetery)
7) Bella Gruber – Flat marker (Ohavi Sedeck Cemetery)
She lived with her sister, Celia at the family home at 23 Summer Street until her passing on 4/10/1984.
Photos Bella Gruber
1) Bella Gruber - MHS Class of 1922
2) Bella Gruber – 4th grade (1913-1914) Nason St. School
3) Eli Gruber Family – ca. 1916 - (l-r):
Bella (daughter, left), Gertrude (mother), Celia (daughter, front), Martin (son, back), Eli (father), and Benjamin (son, front)
4) Bella Gruber – graduate 1924. Fitchburg Normal Teachers College
5) Bella Gruber obituary (4/10/1984). Boston Globe
6) Bella Gruber – Find-A-Grave (Ohavi Sedeck Cemetery)
7) Bella Gruber – Flat marker (Ohavi Sedeck Cemetery)
Date
1922
Contributor
Contributor – Tom Sheridan. A student of hers in 1956. She was one of a group of teachers in that era that were dedicated to their craft. They never married or had children of their own. Her students were her children. She seemed to always wear purple or black attire. In her later years, I would see her and her sister, Celia, at various places having coffee and always together.
Identifier
2025.456
2025.457
2025.458
2025.459
2025.460
2025,461
2025.462
Format
3 black and white photo prints 4 x 6 in.
2 black and white photo prints 4 x 5.5 in.
1 black and white photo print 4 x 4 in.
1 color photo print 3.5 x 4.75 in.
2 black and white photo prints 4 x 5.5 in.
1 black and white photo print 4 x 4 in.
1 color photo print 3.5 x 4.75 in.
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Storage
PB79
SU18-8