ANNA C. MUTH

Anna Muth, 81, Veteran City Teacher, Dies
Miss Anna Muth, veteran teacher and community worker, died Friday afternoon
at home on North Eighth St. Miss Muth, 81, had been in ill health the past
year.
The native of Manitowoc County was born March 7, 1880, in the Town of Manitowoc,
daughter of the late Christ and Julia Brown Muth. She was graduated from North
Side High School in 1893 and attended Oshkosh State Teachers College, grad-
uating in 1900.
She taught in Sheboygan public schools two years before returning to Manitowoc
to teach in the fourth grade at Luling School, now McKinley School. Miss Muth
then taught school at Milwaukee and after a few months of substitute teaching
was employed as vice principal of the 27th Avenue School at that city.
Taught German
Miss Muth remained in that capacity until 1915 when she returned to Manitowoc
and taught German and English at North Side High School. When the North Side
and South Side High Schools were consolidated she was transferred to Lincoln
High School where she taught English until the spring of 1931. That fall she
was transferred to Woodrow Wilson Junior High School where she taught English
until she retired in 1945.
In 1933, Miss Muth was elected president of Manitowoc County Teachers Assn.
The veteran of 45 years in the teaching profession at Manitowoc often attended
summer sessions at Marquette University and the University of Colorado at
Boulder.
While teaching was her chosen profession she was especially interested in wel-
fare work and, after retiring, she became a part time family welfare worker
with the Manitowoc Apostolate, Catholic welfare agency, during the time the
Rev. Robert McCarthy was director. In 1949, she found it impossible to cont-
inue steady work because of a physical handicap and resigned.
Charter Member
During the years of teaching Miss Muth was interested in the economic and
social life of the community. She was a charter member and first president of
the Catholic Women's Club of the city. After serving two years she was subse-
quently re-elected in 1932 and at the conclusion of the term in 1933 was
re-named for another year.
Miss Muth was chairman of the Better Films Council and served on the Manitowoc
County Health Committee for 23 years. She worked with county judges, finding
homes for children and shared her country home with them. She affectionately
referred to these less fortunate children as "my boys and girls."
Miss Muth was a member of Altrusa Club at the time of retirement, a member of
American Association of University Women Garden Study Club, Holy Innocents
Altar Society and served as chairman of the county teachers association and
was dean of girls at Wilson Junior High School.
A lover of nature and while teaching at Woodrow, Miss Muth often spent Saturdays
with Girl Scouts, taking them to the parks where they studied birds, trees and
flowers. She enjoyed the distinction of being superintendent of the floral
exhibits at the Manitowoc County Fair for 25 years.
Faith in Youth
As a public spirited citizen she gave generously of her time and efforts to
youth activities. She often said, "During my years of inactivity, I have not
lost faith in the youth, who at present are called teen-agers. We can hardly
hope to have perfect citizens in the years to come when we put before them
TV and radio programs that show only mystery and murder and when our magazines
fill their minds with problems we could have hesitated to speak of in the good
old days.
"If I could instill in the hearts of our young people interest along inspiring
ways, we would not have cause to scoff or blame these young people."
Miss Muth said, also, she ws "not unmindful of friends who have made life
happier because of their sincerity, and if it were not for my faith, I would
not be able to accept my physical handicaps, but life has its compensations
and many deeds of kindness come to me from day to day."
One of Miss Muth's greatest joys was to work with young people and especially
when she taught the Young Harmonica Club she was happy.
Funeral Services
Miss Muth had a brother, Frank, who was the first highway commissioner for
Manitowoc County. Her parents and a sister, Mrs. Theodore Anderson, also preceded
her in death. Her father was a member of the Manitowoc County Board for many
years.
Surviving her are three nephews, Mark Muth of Green Bay and William and Francis
Muth of the city; two grand nieces, a grand nephew and two great grand nieces
and a great grand nephew.
Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Monday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home
and at 9:30 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic Church. The Rev. E.A. Radey will
officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Sunday where the Rosary
will be recited at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Saturday, July 8, 1961 p.2M
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[bur. on Mrs. Christ Muth lot]