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One-Room School Houses of Dodge County. An online eBook

Prairie Vista – Fox Lake

District # Jt. 4

Westford Township

Year Ending	Teacher	Year Ending	Teacher
1901		1941	Myrtle M. Wagner
1902	Emma J. Barry	1942	“
1903		1943	“
1904	Katie Desmond	1944	Closed
1905		1945	Mrs. Charlotte Streich
1906	Nellie McCarthy	1946	“
1907	“	1947	“
1908	“	1948	Shirley Wedge
1909	“	1949	Mrs. Mary Jean Linck
1910	“	1950	“
1911	“	1951	Muriel Westra
1912	“	1952	“
1913	“	1953	Mrs.Muriel Hoffman
1914	“	1954	Mrs. Hazel Rahn
1915	“	1955	Mrs. Violet Keip
1916	“	1956	“
1917	Anna W. Davis	1957	“
1918	Blanch E. Salzman	1958	“
1919	“	1959	“
1920	Mrs. Frank Jarosh	1960	Helen Griffen
1921	Helen Griffen	1961	Closed
1922	Miss Adele Mielk
1923	Erwin A. Beals
1924	Nina L. Laiten
1925	Mr. Vernard Zaske
1926	“
1927	Erwin A. Beals
1928	Verna Stenzel
1929	“
1930	Joseph F. Derivan
1931	Edna Coulahan
1932	“
1933	James J. Ryan
1934	“
1935	“
1936	“
1937	Mary Meagher
1938	Myrtle M. Wagner
1939	“
1940	“

Dear Lorraine,

Again thank you for the teaching dates of my relatives. I have attached a photo of the one room school house that used to stand on the corner of Meagher Road and Cty Hwy AC in Westford Township that was taken around 2000. I have also attached a class picture inside the school around 1914-1918 (I estimated the year according to my cousins ages, but I could be really off on the date). I can identify two of my cousins in the photo. Helen Meagher (born Mary Helen Meagher, 1905-1996) is in the second desk on the far right row and Rachael White (1899-2000) is in the last desk of the same row. I thought I had more pictures, but when I looked at them they were from the Fox Lake High School.

Thank you for all your efforts to preserve this history.

Anita Streich

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“One Room Schoolhouses hold Memories” newspaper article, a pdf file

School Census Forms for 1916, 1918 and 1935, a pdf file

Mrs. Charlotte Streich 1919-2013; taught 1945-1947

Charlotte Bernice Streich, 93, Fox Lake, died with her loving family at her side at the UW Hospital in Madison on Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013.

Charlotte was born on Dec. 22, 1919, to William E. and Anna M. (Kovalaske) Meagher on the farm in the Town of Westford. She graduated from Prairie Vista School, Randolph High School and continued her education at Dodge County Normal School receiving her degree in teaching. She taught in one-room school houses in Westford and Beaver Dam Townships. On Aug. 2, 1941, she was united in marriage with Howard Royal Streich in Dubuque, Iowa. She helped her husband and son Tim run Streich Motors for over 50 years and Streich’s Resort in Fox Lake. She was a devout member of Annunciation Catholic Church and a member of the Daughters of Isabel. In her free time, she was the captain of Streich’s bowling team; avid bingo player and master of the crossword puzzle. Charlotte was larger than life to those who knew her. She was always willing to help those in need and she put others welfare before her own.

Charlotte will be sadly missed and will live on in the hearts of her children, Dick, Tim (Shirley Watcher), and Dean (Cheri) Streich of Fox Lake, and Susan (Craig) Lange of Beaver Dam; four grandchildren, Lucas V. R. Tischler of Milwaukee, Rachael Lange of Wrightstown, WI, Anita (Mason Zantow) Streich of Fox Lake and Nathan Streich of Watertown, MN; three great-grandchildren Idris and Nuri Zantow and Zackery Streich; sister in-law Leila Streich; goddaughter Renee Decker, many nieces, nephews, countless relatives, dear friends and faithful customers.

Charlotte was the last leaf on the tree and preceded in death by her parents, her husband Howard R. Streich, her brother and sisters, Joe (Eleanor) Meagher, Florence (Charles) Casey, Mary (Tom) Duffy, Dorothy (Gail) Williams, Sylvia Meagher, Joyce (Les) Hopp, Kathleen (Bud) Ring, a brother who died at birth, and her in-laws Arthur E. (Molly and Mame) Streich, Dorothy (Ted) Tetzlaff, Carl Streich, Pat Streich.

A Mass for Christian Burial will be held on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 11 a.m. from Annunciation Catholic Church in Fox Lake, WI. The Rev. Michael Wild will officiate. Family and friends may call on the family on Thursday at the church from 8 a.m. until the time of services. The Kratz-Smedema Funeral Home in Fox Lake is serving the family.

Our hearts go out to all those who cared for Charlotte, including the UW Hospital Cardiology Team and ICU staff, especially Dr. Ford Ballantyne III,the caring staff of Marvin’s Manor; especially Sheri Dalke, the staff of Beaver Dam Community Hospital, Emergency Room, Dr. Brynley Jones and Hillside Manor, and her loving nieces and other relatives, especially Cheryl Jonas, her daughters-in-laws Cheri and Shirley and grandson Lucas who cared for her at her dear sister Kathleen’s home.

Myrtle Wagner - Teacher