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Ted Golay posted a condolence
Sunday, June 23, 2019
I was a student in her government class circa 1966. Remembered as an inspiration for encouraging students to think and express for themselves opinions about historical and current events. Her class helped me to think critically and act logically. Need more like Ms. Petopoulos.
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Laura Singleton posted a condolence
Sunday, November 4, 2018
In these last few years I've become a teacher myself and realized perhaps for the first time the sacrificial nature of the life someone like "Miss P" led. She was a great gift to me, to all of her students, to her own family, to her MHS colleagues, and to the community of Morgantown in the many ways she invested herself in the service of others.
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Judy & Warren Grace posted a condolence
Friday, November 2, 2018
Mary Mary. If not for you we wouldn't be husband and wife for these past 38 years. A mentor for Warren. Judy's "coaching assistant" for three years. Rest in peace dear friend. We miss you.
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Mary Manolakis Katsafanas posted a condolence
Saturday, October 27, 2018
Mary was a dear friend since childhood. Our families were close and we share many memories from happy times through the years. Mary's intellect, her love of learning, and her ability to relate to others resulted in her becoming an exceptional teacher as indicated by the comments in these tributes. She has left a beautiful legacy of having a positive impact on so many. We are all fortunate to have known her. My condolences to Melenie and Thomas.
May her memory be eternal.
Charles Schuster posted a condolence
Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Mary was a great teacher. She made history come alive but that is not what distinguished her as an educator. Her knowledge of the subject was beyond compare but that was not her greatest quality.
She was a great teacher because she really cared about her students. She respected us and believed in us and made us want to learn.
One of her greatest, and often repeated, lines: “There are two kinds if people in the world; those who are Greek and those who wish they were.” As a man who is proud of his cultural lineage when I was studying Greek at Duke Divinity School, I thought of Mary and wished I were Greek.
The world needs more people like Mary. Thanks your live for your students
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Sarah Townsend Higinbotham posted a condolence
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
I was a student in “Miss P’s” European History class in 1987 and learned just as much from her outside the classroom as within it. She was the only MHS teacher who called us by our last names (so I was “Miss Townsend”) and when we asked her why, she would always answer that “familiarity breeds contempt.” The irony of her reply was that she knew her students well, cared about us deeply, and invested in us both academically and emotionally. She knew when something was wrong and would discretely show us that she saw our pain and shared it. She also knew our friends and if one of them was having a hard day, she might say “Miss Townsend, Mr. Cardi looks like he could use a kind word.” She also loved to laugh with us and her classroom is one of my happiest memories, filled with the corny history jokes we would tell her. May those of us blessed to call her our teacher be as loving and present to others as Miss P was to us.
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Sarah Tsirigotis Laird posted a condolence
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Mary Petropoulos was my friend, my high school history teacher and my godmother. I remember many visits to her parents home with my mother and have many good memories of having Mary as my history teacher and godmother. She was an inspiration to all who met her in her dedication to education and young people.
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Kathy Shahan Estel posted a condolence
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Miss Petropoulos was one of my favorite teachers at MHS. She inspired me to pursue a degree in secondary education with a specialization in social studies! I have often thought of her teaching style and her love for all her students! She was extremely special!
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Judy Pitcher Magdiasz posted a condolence
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
To the family of Miss Petropoulos,
She was my history teacher in 1960 at Morgantown High School. She was one of the best teachers I ever had. She really helped us to understand world history; she loved teaching and loved most of us!
Now that I have retired, I still to this day think of her and her classroom. I wish all of my teachers could have been like Miss Petropoulos.
Now she is in Heaven and willingly serving God.
Judy Pitcher Magdiasz
1961 MHS Graduate
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Ewanna Seremetis-Georgopoulos posted a condolence
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Miss Petropoulos was my absolute favorite teacher in high school. Outside of school, she was a fellow Greek who I admired and respected. May her memory be eternal.
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Robyn Ice posted a condolence
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Miss Petropolous, as she will always be to me, was a brilliant teacher. My high school years fell during an earlier time of political unrest for our country. She helped us to understand the issues and factions and to make sense of the discord. She sparked my lifelong interest in politics and public service. She represented all that a good teacher, a good citizen, and a good person should be.
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Sharon Callen Rhoads posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
One of the best teachers ever. So blessed to have had her at MHS. So happy that she lived such a long and fulfilling life. May she now rest in the peace that she has earned. Sympathies to her loved ones.
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Frances (Plants) Whitehurst posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
An excellent teacher. Even at the time I was sorry I was never lucky enough to take a class from her. I admired her greatly. Frances Plants, MHS 1971.
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Greg Fleming posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
My sincere condolences to Petropoulos family in your loss of a great lady. Ms. P was my teacher and a friend who will be missed. Every time we saw each other she would ask how I was and my family. She was always so caring and many life lessons were learned from her. I always thanked her for her patience and caring ways. When I think of Morgantown High School she comes to mind immediately. May you rest in peace.
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Cheryl Lalonde posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
I adored Miss P. She loved her students, and nurtured them in countless ways, even outside the classroom. Her love of people, history, and the stories that bind all humans together stoked my passion for living and loving intentionally.
Cheryl Lalonde
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Tenley Kercheval posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
I loved her!!! She greatly influenced my love of history and travel. I wish I had told her how important she was to me as a teacher. I thought of her as I traveled Europe after my senior year and again when I visited Italy in 2009. She was a gift. Tenley Barnes, Class if 1978.
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Amy Bonney-Hoffman posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
To simply the greatest history teacher, ever. Miss P developed the minds of countless MHS students, and will be sorely missed.
All my love,
Amy Bonney-Hoffman MHS ‘89
and also on behalf of
Susan E. Bonney MHS ‘76
and the entire Bonney Family
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Kelly Robinson Ling posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
I’m so sorry for your loss. Ms Petropoulos instilled a love of history in me and I went on to teach history at the high school level. She was a wonderful teacher.
Kelly Robinson Longb MHS 1979
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Bev McKeone posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
One of the best teachers I ever had.
Love you Miss P.
MHS Class of ‘87
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Bill Howell posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
I loved Miss P....best teacher ever!! Class of 78
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Richard Gross posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
I was a student at MHS 64-66. An excellent teacher and a good person.
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Paula Twigg posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
Ms. Mary was my favorite teacher of “all” times! She encouraged all her students to have confidence and the courage to reach for their educational dreams!
May she rest in eternal peace!
Paula Twigg MHS Class of 1971
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Sheila murray posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
I had Mary as a teacher at Morgantown high then as a dear dear friend through my job at the hospital even after her job on the board of directors at the hospital I would give her regular phone calls just to say hey Mary how you doing I think she enjoyed them she was the best of the best in my book I pretty sure they will love her in heaven as Ioved her here rest in peace my dear friend xocoxo
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Thomas C. Petropoulos uploaded photo(s)
Monday, October 22, 2018
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Left: Thomas C. Petropoulos and Aunt Mary Petropoulos, Baltimore, Maryland (1992).
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Marsha A Travis posted a condolence
Monday, October 22, 2018
Mary was my History teacher and MHS in 1963. Although I wasn't one of her best students, the love of history she instilled in me has stayed with me to this day. The world needs more fine teachers like her.
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Monday, October 22, 2018
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