Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Shirlie Jean Kauffman (1931-2019) Warren High School class of 1948



1948 Dragon yearbook

Joanne's high-school activities:
Girls' Club (2); Latin Club (2); Dramatic Club (4); Orchestra (2, 3, 4)
1967 Warren City Directory
  • Kauffman Casper J (Miriam) sec-treas Betts Machine Co r22 Elm blvd North Warren
  • Kauffman Richd G (Nyla M) tchr Warren Boro Sch Dist h7 Verbeck
1983 Warren City Directory
  • Kauffman Casper J & Miriam retd r22 Elm blvd North Warren

Let's take a look at the standard spelling of 'Shirlie'


Shirley Temple wasn't responsible for the initial popularity of her first name, but she certainly helped to sustain it into the 1950s.  Shirley spent 46 years (1918-1963) in the top 100, 14 of them in the top 10 (1927-29, 1931-41), peaking at #2 in 1935 and 1936.  (Her first movies were released in 1935.)

The "Shirlie" variant hit the chart twice:  1926 (#986) and 1935 (#895).

Other class of '48 graduates:
2019
Joanne Swanson Massa.  (2/23/2019)

2018
Joanne Chester.  (11/13/2018)
Betty Burke Dickinson.  (9/1/2018)
Stephen Cosmano.  (8/29/2018)
Beulah Fox Boll.  (3/16/2018)

2017
Phyllis Miller Maze. (12/27/2017)
Dorothy Anderson Turner.  (9/27/2017)
Margaret Mathyer Conroy.  (4/26/2017)

2016
Ruth Figliuzzi.  (11/5/2016)
Donna Mack Schuler.  (3/19/2016)

2015
Carol Jean Niver Hampson.  (10/22/2015)
Frank Marlett.  (9/13/2015)
John Giltinan.  (7/76/2015)
Lela Nichols Akeley.  (6/24/2015)

2014
Ella Atwell Blum.  (12/24/2014)
Betty Carlson Johnson.  (10/26/2014)
H. Kent Peterson.  (10/1/2014)
Kenneth Lundahl.  (9/21/2014)

2013 
Carl Leave.  (12/26/2013)

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