I was so sorry to learn of Dorcas Robson ’s passing, but so pleased to hear that she had such a long and enjoyable life. She was my kindergarten teacher at Roosevelt in 1960-61. I only spoke with her three other times after leaving Roosevelt a year later.
The first was in 1974 at the Peter Nero concert at Westmont when I saw her and my 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Shurtleff, sitting together in the row behind me. The second was in 1999 when my mother phoned and told me of a notice in the daily paper that it was Miss Robson’s 75th birthday. I asked for her number and called.
Introducing myself, I told her the year I had been in her class, and she asked, “Morning or afternoon?” I didn’t remember but mentioned the names of a few classmates — Kirk Kinsell, Holly Beebee, Kim Christiansen — and she immediately said, “That was the afternoon class.”