Miss Favrao was a wonderful teacher, probably the best I ever had. She taught manners as well as English. Very strict, and we learned so much. Gave me excellent advice when I needed it most. I miss her.
A 1927 graduate of Smith College, Miss Favrao taught at Stamford (CT) High Schools for 35 years. For decades after her retirement, former students still wrote to thank her for helping them get into good colleges. In her 20s, she worked summers on a master's degree at Columbia University, but spent later summers in Europe, hiking the Matterhorn in Switzerland and chartering a private plane to the remote Hebrides' Isle of Barra. It was completely in character for this Anglophile to be on the last ocean liner leaving England for New York when World War II was declared early fall of 1939.
After retirement in 1963, Miss Favrao moved to Wilbraham to live with her parents, the late Edith and William Favrao, Sr., and transformed their backyard into an English garden. Collecting antiques, dolls, and primitive paintings were also lifelong interests.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her younger brother, William Favrao, Jr. She is survived by two nieces in Maryland.
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A 1927 graduate of Smith College, Miss Favrao taught at Stamford (CT) High Schools for 35 years. For decades after her retirement, former students still wrote to thank her for helping them get into good colleges. In her 20s, she worked summers on a master's degree at Columbia University, but spent later summers in Europe, hiking the Matterhorn in Switzerland and chartering a private plane to the remote Hebrides' Isle of Barra. It was completely in character for this Anglophile to be on the last ocean liner leaving England for New York when World War II was declared early fall of 1939.
After retirement in 1963, Miss Favrao moved to Wilbraham to live with her parents, the late Edith and William Favrao, Sr., and transformed their backyard into an English garden. Collecting antiques, dolls, and primitive paintings were also lifelong interests.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her younger brother, William Favrao, Jr. She is survived by two nieces in Maryland.
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Miss Favrao was a wonderful teacher, probably the best I ever had. She taught manners as well as English. Very strict, and we learned so much. Gave me excellent advice when I needed it most. I miss her.
A 1927 graduate of Smith College, Miss Favrao taught at Stamford (CT) High Schools for 35 years. For decades after her retirement, former students still wrote to thank her for helping them get into good colleges. In her 20s, she worked summers on a master's degree at Columbia University, but spent later summers in Europe, hiking the Matterhorn in Switzerland and chartering a private plane to the remote Hebrides' Isle of Barra. It was completely in character for this Anglophile to be on the last ocean liner leaving England for New York when World War II was declared early fall of 1939.
After retirement in 1963, Miss Favrao moved to Wilbraham to live with her parents, the late Edith and William Favrao, Sr., and transformed their backyard into an English garden. Collecting antiques, dolls, and primitive paintings were also lifelong interests.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her younger brother, William Favrao, Jr. She is survived by two nieces in Maryland.
Courtesy of Legacy.com
A 1927 graduate of Smith College, Miss Favrao taught at Stamford (CT) High Schools for 35 years. For decades after her retirement, former students still wrote to thank her for helping them get into good colleges. In her 20s, she worked summers on a master's degree at Columbia University, but spent later summers in Europe, hiking the Matterhorn in Switzerland and chartering a private plane to the remote Hebrides' Isle of Barra. It was completely in character for this Anglophile to be on the last ocean liner leaving England for New York when World War II was declared early fall of 1939.
After retirement in 1963, Miss Favrao moved to Wilbraham to live with her parents, the late Edith and William Favrao, Sr., and transformed their backyard into an English garden. Collecting antiques, dolls, and primitive paintings were also lifelong interests.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her younger brother, William Favrao, Jr. She is survived by two nieces in Maryland.
Courtesy of Legacy.com
