Elizabeth Nourse (Goodwin) Girard Mohr
(1919 - 2015)
California United States
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ELIZABETH NOURSE MOHR Elizabeth was born one of twin daughters to Roy and Reba Marks Goodwin on September 5, 1919 in Sacramento, CA. She died in Chico on September 14, 2015 at age 96. She graduated from Sacramento High School in 1937 and attended Sacramento Junior College graduating in 1939, then attended Secretarial School in Sacramento. On January 12, 1963 she married Homer E. Mohr in Reno, NV after a courtship of 28 days. They were married 38 years until his death in April 2001. They lived in Paradise, CA 31 years until moving to Klamath Falls, OR in 1995 and returning to Chico in 1999. Elizabeth was secretary to the Superintendent of the Pleasant Valley School District in Chico from 1962-65 and then became the first secretary at Marigold Elementary School for one year. In 1966, she became the first secretary at the new Ponderosa Elementary School in Paradise where she remained until she retired in 1979. She was a Past Honored Queen of Job's Daughters Bethel #9, Sacramento, and Past Guardian of Job's Daughters Bethel #311 in Paradise. She was also a member of Chico Widowhood Program. Elizabeth is survived by her daughters, Reba (Alan) Coombs of Carson City, NV, Jan (Ken) Friend of Grass Valley, CA, and Fern Murray of Beaverton, OR; daughter-in-law Sue Girard of Nipomo, CA; step-son Richard Mohr of Placerville, CA; step-daughters, Lois Kidder of Reno, NV and Bobbi Stuckenhoff of Buffalo, WY; niece Priscilla (Jim) Williams; nephew John J. (Margaret) Graham; one grandchild; four step-grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and her twin sister, Katherine (John) Graham of Elk Grove, CA. She was preceded in death by her son, Keith Girard; step-daughter, Patricia Chaix; and her special friend/compa-nion, George Robillard. Cremation will take place with interment at Eagle Point National Cemetery in Eagle Point, OR next to her husband. At her request, there will be no services. Memorial contributions may be made to Guide Dogs for the blind or Shriners Hospital for Children
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In 1919, in the year that Elizabeth Nourse (Goodwin) Girard Mohr was born, in June, the Treaty of Versailles - officially ending World War I - was signed. The European Allies demanded "compensation by Germany for all damage done to the civilian population of the Allies and their property by the aggression of Germany by land, by sea and from the air.” The requirement of compensation is seen by most as the reason for the collapse of the German economy and gave rise to the rule of Hitler.
In 1925, she was merely 6 years old when in July, the Scopes Trial - often called the Scopes Monkey Trial - took place, prosecuting a substitute teacher for teaching evolution in school. Tennessee had enacted a law that said it was "unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school". William Jennings Bryan headed the prosecution and Clarence Darrow headed the defense. The teacher was found guilty and fined $100. An appeal to the Supreme Court of Tennessee upheld the law but overturned the guilty verdict.
In 1949, she was 30 years old when on April 4th, NATO (the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) was established. Twelve nations originally signed the North Atlantic Treaty - the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, Iceland, Canada, and Portugal. Greece, Turkey, and West Germany later joined. Today, there are 26 nations in NATO.
In 1968, by the time she was 49 years old, on June 5th, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles by Sirhan after celebrating his win in the California presidential primary. He died the next day at Good Samaritan Hospital.
In 1989, at the age of 70 years old, Elizabeth Nourse was alive when on January 20th, George Herbert Walker Bush became the 41st President of the United States. Previously Ronald Regan's Vice President, he ran against Michael Dukakis and won the popular vote by 53.4% to 45.6%.
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