Margo Jerrim, former Prescott School teacher, featured in Missoulian article -- "WESTERN MONTANA LIVES: Teacher driven by fairness, humor, patience"

Below is a link to a Missoulian article reporting on the life of Margo Jerrim, a former popular and long-time Prescott School teacher.  Margo taught at Prescott School until it was closed in 2004and then taught at Rattlesnake School.

Below are quotes from the September 30th, 2012 article:

Given that she was a Missoula schoolteacher, and for a time president of the Missoula elementary school teachers union, the lives she touched were counted by the hundreds.

“She had a great sense of humor, and she was so patient,” said Dan Rude, who co-taught with Jerrim for many years when Missoula’s Prescott School was still open.

“She always had the right thing to say at the right moment,” he said. “She could really calm a room or conversation – she was good at settling tension.”

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Click the link to the Missoulian article below -

WESTERN MONTANA LIVES: Teacher driven by fairness, humor, patience

Margo Jerrim, former long-time popular Prescott School teacher passed away in October of 2010

Margo Jerrim, a popular and long-time Prescott School teacher died on October 20, 2010.

After Prescott School was closed in 2004, Margo then taught at Rattlesnake School.

Margo held Prescott School in such high esteem that her family held her memorial service in the Prescott gym. The gym was beautifully decorated and filled with people who loved Margo, including her fellow Prescott School and Rattlesnake School teachers, other school staff, in addition to her devoted family.

One teacher at the memorial stated that the teachers at Prescott School were a tight knit group and would meet in frequent social gatherings. Such is the pull of Prescott School, a popular school located in the lower Rattlesnake for more than a century.

Prescott School Missoula would like to give our condolences to the family of Margo Jerrim.

An article about Margo was published in the September 30th, 2012 issue of the Missoulian and is featured in another Prescott School Missoula blog post.

Below is an obituary published in the Billings Gazette.

http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyles/announcements/obituaries/article_8b470880-926d-5a52-b2f5-01a2f2dc06c2.html