Dorothy Adele (Juhl) Carmann was born in Kearney, NE on June 12, 1916, the second of six children of Alexander and Evalena (Henderson) Juhl. Her father attended a one-room school, District #55, north of Riverdale, NE. All five of her children attended that same school. Dorothy started grade school at Riverdale Elementary in 1920 and attended for three years before finishing grade school at one-room School Dist. #45, about five miles east of Amherst. She graduated valedictorian of the Amherst High School class of 1933. Most school days she rode a horse, five miles each way.
Dorothy then attended a “Normal Training Course” at Kearney State Teachers College. She had two goals: to become a teacher and to marry a farmer! In 1934 Dorothy got a job teaching in a one-room school called the Warner School in the Sandhills near Thedford, NE, where she boarded with a family. Her starting salary was $34.00 a month. In 1935 she was hired to teach at District #90, which was eight miles north of Amherst for $90.00 a month. One of her first prized purchases was a piano for $75.00. Dorothy was later recruited to teach in a one-room school again in 1959 and taught with a special permit at District #80, which is north of Amherst.
She met her husband, Rudolph W. Carmann, a farmer from Pleasanton, at a barn dance. They married on May 24, 1936 and lived on the farm homestead by Dorothy’s grandfather, Ferdinand Juhl, back in 1879. The farm is still in the family today.
Dorothy loved teaching and was an active volunteer. She taught Sunday school in the Lutheran churches she attended. One of her favorite things was writing letters and articles. She was always thrilled whenever her letters and comments about rural life appeared in the magazines or newspapers. Dorothy loved life, the rural farming life, her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her “barn cats.” She loved sharing her talents of singing, gardening, cooking, baking and quilt making with others. In June, 1968, she was honored to receive the Dawson Public Power District Dynamic Homemaker Award. In 1991 she received a Freedom Award for volunteering and church activities from the Kearney Hub newspaper.
Our beloved Mother, Grandmother Dorothy, achieved her two goals, and went to her heavenly home at the age of 96 on March 10, 2013. She is so missed by all of us!
Dorothy then attended a “Normal Training Course” at Kearney State Teachers College. She had two goals: to become a teacher and to marry a farmer! In 1934 Dorothy got a job teaching in a one-room school called the Warner School in the Sandhills near Thedford, NE, where she boarded with a family. Her starting salary was $34.00 a month. In 1935 she was hired to teach at District #90, which was eight miles north of Amherst for $90.00 a month. One of her first prized purchases was a piano for $75.00. Dorothy was later recruited to teach in a one-room school again in 1959 and taught with a special permit at District #80, which is north of Amherst.
She met her husband, Rudolph W. Carmann, a farmer from Pleasanton, at a barn dance. They married on May 24, 1936 and lived on the farm homestead by Dorothy’s grandfather, Ferdinand Juhl, back in 1879. The farm is still in the family today.
Dorothy loved teaching and was an active volunteer. She taught Sunday school in the Lutheran churches she attended. One of her favorite things was writing letters and articles. She was always thrilled whenever her letters and comments about rural life appeared in the magazines or newspapers. Dorothy loved life, the rural farming life, her grandchildren, great-grandchildren and her “barn cats.” She loved sharing her talents of singing, gardening, cooking, baking and quilt making with others. In June, 1968, she was honored to receive the Dawson Public Power District Dynamic Homemaker Award. In 1991 she received a Freedom Award for volunteering and church activities from the Kearney Hub newspaper.
Our beloved Mother, Grandmother Dorothy, achieved her two goals, and went to her heavenly home at the age of 96 on March 10, 2013. She is so missed by all of us!