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February 22, 2000|The Morning Call
Zena Ahlum, 87, of Quakertown, previously of Haycock Township, died Monda y, Feb. 21, in the Belle Haven Nursing Home, Quakertown. She was the wi fe of Daniel Ahlum.
She was principal of Richard E. Strayer Junior High School, and served t he Quakertown School District for 41 years until retiring in 1975.
She began her career at Quakertown as a business education teacher in 193 4. After nine years, she was promoted to assistant principal for what w as then the junior-senior high school, where she served from 1943 to 195 6. She became principal of the new junior high school in 1956.
A graduate of Drexel University, she received a master's degree in educati on and administration from Lehigh University, Bethlehem.
Born in Meridan, Conn., she was a daughter of the late Andrew and Nadine P latoff.
Survivor: Husband.
Services: 11 a.m. Thursday, Jeffrey A. Naugle Funeral Home, 20 N. Ambler S t., Quakertown. Call 10-11 a.m. Thursday.
Contributions: Quakertown Historical Society, 26 N. Main St., Quakertown. |