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A
Tribute to Margaret Purcell
Margaret
Gamble Purcell served on the Sierra Point Credit Union
Supervisory Committee tirelessly for 24 years. We were
fortunate to have her serve on the committee as chairperson
of the committee for most of those years. Margaret lovingly
referred to the employees of the credit union as “her
kids”. When visiting relatives in Modesto, she would
return with persimmons and apples and kindly shared and
distributed the fruit herself from desk to desk. Margaret
only passed the torch when she decided to move to Modesto
to retire near family.
Margaret was born July 15, 1919 in Gilroy, California.
She was a graduate of San Jose State University. She did
her graduate work at USC. For her thesis in music, Margaret
spent a summer in the hills of Tennessee writing down the
words and music to songs the mountain people sang; songs
that were only carried on from person to person.
Margaret taught choral music in San Leandro and evening
classes at Healds Business School. She moved to South
San Francisco and taught third grade at Buri Buri. When
El Camino High School opened in 1961 she became a business
teacher there. In 1962 she became Department Chair, a
position she held until her retirement. Margaret retired
in 1975 from the South San Francisco Unified School District
and also served as District Business Coordinator for
the SSF School District for many years.
During her time in the SSF School District, she developed
a recruitment program where employers came to the two
high schools, interviewed, and hired students. This was
the model program in California.
After Margaret's retirement, she served as a State Business
Educational Consultant.
Margaret was a member of the International Business Education
Association and frequently traveled abroad to their meetings.
She was an active participant when the Bay Area group
hosted their annual meeting. She was also very active
in the local AARP chapter.
Margaret loved to travel and had visited much of Asia,
Europe, and South America.
She is interred at Oak Knoll Cemetery in San Jose.
Margaret
is missed greatly by her friends and all her “kids” at
Sierra Point Credit Union. In Margaret’s honor we
will be naming our boardroom, “Margaret Purcell Board
Room” in honor of her 24 years of loyal and dedicated
service to our Credit Union.
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