REDMOND, Alta Marie

Date of birth:  8 Dec 1900 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 24 May 2002 – Columbus, Bartholomew County, Indiana

Columbus Republic, Sunday, May 26, 2002

Alta Marie Redmond
Taylor Road

Alta Marie Redmond, 101, of Taylor Road died at 7:10 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2002, at Four Seasons Health Care Center.

She was a French teacher from 1922 to 1967 in Bartholomew County School Corp. She grad­uated from Columbus High School and cum laude from Franklin Col­lege in 1922 with a bachelor of arts degree, receiving high honors in French.

Miss Redmond attended Indiana University and the universities of Wisconsin and Michigan. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Delta Zeta Sorority and Alpha Chi Alpha Honorary Sorori­ty at Franklin College and editor of the Franklin College Almanac.

She was a member of Psi Iota Xi, Columbus Senior Center, Delta Kappa Gamma, Honorary Teach­ers Society and was a volunteer for the Visitors Center.

She was a life member of the local, state and national teachers associations. In 1967, she was the high school prom junior class spon­sor for the 34th year.

The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Four Seasons Chapel with the Revs. Evelyn Brown and Ruth Billington officiating. Call­ing will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the chapel. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin.

Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church or Alta Red­mond Scholarship Fund in care of The Heritage Fund.

Arrangements were made by Myers Funeral Service, Reed & Jewell Chapel.

Born in Franklin Dec. 8, 1900, Miss Redmond was the daughter of Jesse King and Carrie Odessa Redmond.

She is survived by several cous­ins.

She was preceded in death by a sister, Irene Redmond, and a broth­er, Harold Redmond.

Submitted by Mark Wirey