Published in the Chicago Tribune (IL) on Dec. 15, 1989:
Wilfrid K. McPartlin, 103, one of the oldest graduates of the University of Chicago, taught French, German and Latin in public and parochial schools for more than 50 years.
Mass for Miss McPartlin, who had been living in a Highland Park nursing home for 14 years, will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 720 Deerfield Rd., Highland Park. She died Saturday at the nursing home.
"I attribute her long life to her positive mental attitude," Carol Reger, a grandniece, said. "She was very optimistic, no matter how bad the situation. She was always upbeat about things, a real positive person willing to undertake any project. For example, she had been a language teacher all her life when she retired and went to teach in a parochial school. They asked her to teach math and the new math was just coming in. `I, of course, never had it,' she told them, `but I'll go home and teach it to myself this summer.' She did and she became a math teacher."
Miss McPartlin, a native of Joliet, was born Oct. 12, 1886. In high school, she earned a scholarship to attend the University of Chicago. She was a member of the university's fencing team and graduated in 1907 with a bachelor's degree in languages. She taught French, German and Latin at Fenger High School until she retired in 1952.
Early in her teaching career, she began traveling extensively to broaden her knowledge of European languages.
After her retirement, she taught for 10 years at Loretto Academy and the Academy of Our Lady, both in Chicago. She also taught in Loyola University's home study division. From 1963 to 1973, she volunteered at St. Vincent Orphanage.
She did daily translations of documents and books from Latin and French into English, until well into her 90s.
Survivors include a sister, Margaret Norton.
Wilfrid K. McPartlin, 103, one of the oldest graduates of the University of Chicago, taught French, German and Latin in public and parochial schools for more than 50 years.
Mass for Miss McPartlin, who had been living in a Highland Park nursing home for 14 years, will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 720 Deerfield Rd., Highland Park. She died Saturday at the nursing home.
"I attribute her long life to her positive mental attitude," Carol Reger, a grandniece, said. "She was very optimistic, no matter how bad the situation. She was always upbeat about things, a real positive person willing to undertake any project. For example, she had been a language teacher all her life when she retired and went to teach in a parochial school. They asked her to teach math and the new math was just coming in. `I, of course, never had it,' she told them, `but I'll go home and teach it to myself this summer.' She did and she became a math teacher."
Miss McPartlin, a native of Joliet, was born Oct. 12, 1886. In high school, she earned a scholarship to attend the University of Chicago. She was a member of the university's fencing team and graduated in 1907 with a bachelor's degree in languages. She taught French, German and Latin at Fenger High School until she retired in 1952.
Early in her teaching career, she began traveling extensively to broaden her knowledge of European languages.
After her retirement, she taught for 10 years at Loretto Academy and the Academy of Our Lady, both in Chicago. She also taught in Loyola University's home study division. From 1963 to 1973, she volunteered at St. Vincent Orphanage.
She did daily translations of documents and books from Latin and French into English, until well into her 90s.
Survivors include a sister, Margaret Norton.
Published in the Chicago Tribune (IL) on Dec. 15, 1989:
Wilfrid K. McPartlin, 103, one of the oldest graduates of the University of Chicago, taught French, German and Latin in public and parochial schools for more than 50 years.
Mass for Miss McPartlin, who had been living in a Highland Park nursing home for 14 years, will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 720 Deerfield Rd., Highland Park. She died Saturday at the nursing home.
"I attribute her long life to her positive mental attitude," Carol Reger, a grandniece, said. "She was very optimistic, no matter how bad the situation. She was always upbeat about things, a real positive person willing to undertake any project. For example, she had been a language teacher all her life when she retired and went to teach in a parochial school. They asked her to teach math and the new math was just coming in. `I, of course, never had it,' she told them, `but I'll go home and teach it to myself this summer.' She did and she became a math teacher."
Miss McPartlin, a native of Joliet, was born Oct. 12, 1886. In high school, she earned a scholarship to attend the University of Chicago. She was a member of the university's fencing team and graduated in 1907 with a bachelor's degree in languages. She taught French, German and Latin at Fenger High School until she retired in 1952.
Early in her teaching career, she began traveling extensively to broaden her knowledge of European languages.
After her retirement, she taught for 10 years at Loretto Academy and the Academy of Our Lady, both in Chicago. She also taught in Loyola University's home study division. From 1963 to 1973, she volunteered at St. Vincent Orphanage.
She did daily translations of documents and books from Latin and French into English, until well into her 90s.
Survivors include a sister, Margaret Norton.
Wilfrid K. McPartlin, 103, one of the oldest graduates of the University of Chicago, taught French, German and Latin in public and parochial schools for more than 50 years.
Mass for Miss McPartlin, who had been living in a Highland Park nursing home for 14 years, will be said at 10 a.m. Saturday in Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 720 Deerfield Rd., Highland Park. She died Saturday at the nursing home.
"I attribute her long life to her positive mental attitude," Carol Reger, a grandniece, said. "She was very optimistic, no matter how bad the situation. She was always upbeat about things, a real positive person willing to undertake any project. For example, she had been a language teacher all her life when she retired and went to teach in a parochial school. They asked her to teach math and the new math was just coming in. `I, of course, never had it,' she told them, `but I'll go home and teach it to myself this summer.' She did and she became a math teacher."
Miss McPartlin, a native of Joliet, was born Oct. 12, 1886. In high school, she earned a scholarship to attend the University of Chicago. She was a member of the university's fencing team and graduated in 1907 with a bachelor's degree in languages. She taught French, German and Latin at Fenger High School until she retired in 1952.
Early in her teaching career, she began traveling extensively to broaden her knowledge of European languages.
After her retirement, she taught for 10 years at Loretto Academy and the Academy of Our Lady, both in Chicago. She also taught in Loyola University's home study division. From 1963 to 1973, she volunteered at St. Vincent Orphanage.
She did daily translations of documents and books from Latin and French into English, until well into her 90s.
Survivors include a sister, Margaret Norton.
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