Date : 14 Apr 2015
Location : Calvary Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
Long Beach, CA
Faynelle L. Haehn, 95, of Long Beach, Calif., formerly of the Quad Cities, died Tuesday, April 7, 2015 at Vista Del Mar in Long Beach.
Services will be held at 11 am on Tuesday at the Calvary Mausoleum, Rock Island. Wheelan-Pressly Funeral Home, Rock Island is assisting the family.
Faynelle Louise Haehn, daughter of William and Rose Zewiske Haehn and older sister of the late Audrey Houlihan, was born in Davenport, on December 12, 1919. She attended St. Ambrose College in Davenport and completed her graduate work at the University of Iowa and the University of Illinois where she received a Master's Degree in Educational Psychology in 1954.
Faynelle was a talented and gifted educator throughout her entire career. She started teaching in Rock Island, at Rock Island High School. She also taught in Fulton and LaGrange, Illinois, Austin and Robbinsdale, Minnesota and San Francisco, California before finding her ultimate teaching "home" - The University of Chicago Laboratory Schools in Chicago, Illinois.
She taught at "The Lab Schools" from 1964 until her retirement. During that time, she taught typing, business, English and other allied business subjects. She was a respected "master teacher" and the Laboratory Schools' unique classrooms enabled many educators from throughout the U.S. and around the world to come and observe her technique and classroom success. She published several textbooks, wrote and co-authored numerous articles and presented many papers at educational conferences throughout the country.
Long before there was a "personal computer" with "spell check," Faynelle insisted on good grammar and accurate spelling. She told her students: "I want 'thinking typists' not 'typing robots!'"
Faynelle retired permanently in 1984 but remained very active. Outside of the classroom, she devoted her life to the care of her mother and, later, her father. She was a dedicated individual who always tried to bring out the best in everyone and every situation. An avid newspaper reader and an enthusiastic, loyal viewer of CNN and Fox News, she prided herself on knowing what was going on in the world around her.
During the last ten years, Faynelle's health diminished gradually and she passed away on April 7, 2015 in Long Beach, California after a lengthy period of illness.
She is survived by her nephew, Dennis Houlihan of Long Beach, California and her niece, Patti Houlihan of Fresno, California as well as many relatives in Minnesota and Iowa. Faynelle leaves many close friends and neighbors who will mourn her passing but will always be remembered with warmth and kindness. Her family wishes to extend our thanks and gratitude to her primary caregiver, Nory Cunanan, for making her so comfortable and well taken care of for the last few years of her life.
Faynelle was a unique and special individual - highly intelligent, focused, articulate, outspoken, good hearted - truly "one of a kind!"
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