We honor these women who lived full lives as professionals and as members of Delta Kappa Gamma. They were educators who changed the lives of the students, parents and professionals with whom they came in contact. They were educational leaders. They will be missed, but they have also left us a legacy that we must embrace, the mission of our Society, to promote professional and personal growth of women educators and excellence in education.
WHITE ROSES
Dorothy Harper
October 16, 1928 - February 13, 2024 Hardy County English and music teacher at Romney and Petersburg High Schools and Moorefield Elementary |
Louisa Hardy
August 8, 1926 - May 22, 2023 Hampshire County English, history, music and foreign language teacher at Hampshire High School |
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Nellie Ours Leatherman
August 16, 1918 - August 9, 2018 Hardy County teacher and principal, Moorefield Elementary School |
Donna Fortner
July 12, 1938-July 28, 2016 Mineral County elementary teacher, Keyser Primary School 
Janet Butts
June 1, 1940-Jan. 4, 2014 Hardy County English, Biology teacher and counselor at Moorefield High |
Annette Boggs
March 28, 1941-Dec. 19, 2014 Mineral County West Virginia University Cooperative Extension Service 
Elizabeth Alexander Sept. 6, 1912-Nov. 8, 2013 Mineral County journalism, speech professor at Potomac State College |
Emmel Bennett May 15, 1922-Feb. 21, 2014 Pendleton County elementary teacher, Circleville Elementary School 
Janet Keister
Feb. 4, 1943-Aug. 10, 2013 Hampshire County home economics teacher, Romney Junior High Principal |