2010.04.23: April 23, 2010: Obituary for Tonga RPCV Andrea Leigh Ptolemy
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2010.04.23: April 23, 2010: Obituary for Tonga RPCV Andrea Leigh Ptolemy
Obituary for Tonga RPCV Andrea Leigh Ptolemy
Mrs. Ptolemy joined the Peace Corps from 1970-72, serving on Tonga in the South Pacific. She taught English as a Second Language and ran a teacher-retraining center for native Tongan teachers. It was during her service there that she first met Roger Ptolemy, another Peace Corps volunteer, who would become her husband some years later.
Obituary for Tonga RPCV Andrea Leigh Ptolemy
Andrea Ptolemy
NEW MILFORD - Andrea Leigh Ptolemy, 63, of Durango, Colo., formerly of New Milford, died Friday, April 23.
She was born Nov. 23, 1946, in Savannah, Ga., the daughter of Edward E. Pannal and Litharine Mosley Pannal. After brief periods at Paris Island, S.C., and Pensacola, Fla., her family moved in 1954 to Nocona, Texas, where she grew up and graduated from Nocona High School. She earned a bachelor's degree in English from North Texas State University in 1969.
Mrs. Ptolemy joined the Peace Corps from 1970-72, serving on Tonga in the South Pacific. She taught English as a Second Language and ran a teacher-retraining center for native Tongan teachers.
It was during her service there that she first met Roger Ptolemy, another Peace Corps volunteer, who would become her husband some years later.
Mrs. Ptolemy began post-graduate education at Fairleigh Dickinson University in Teaneck in 1973, receiving a master's segree in ESL in 1974.
During her time at FDU, she met Mark Goodman, a dental student, whom she married in 1975. They lived in New Milford, where Dr. Goodman practiced dentistry, until the marriage ended in 1985. She moved to Durango and married Roger Ptolemy on June 8, 1985. During her teaching career, she she taught ESL at a Manpower Skills Center in Newark, and later taught ESL at the United Nations. In Durango, she taught at Fort Lewis College and then became the first English teacher at the new Excel Charter School.
She completed her teaching career at Durango High School, retiring in 2007, but frequently substituting in the English department after her retirement.
Mrs. Ptolemy is survived by her husband, Roger; daughter, Jennifer Goodman of Durango; sisters, Lynda Neuenschwander of Choctaw, Okla., Kerrie Jo Cale (of Wichita Falls, Texas, and Jeanine Keeton of Del City, Okla.; and nieces and nephews.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be sent to the Durango High School Senior Girls Tea, 2390 Main Ave.; the Durango Public Library, 1900 E. Third Ave.; or Hospice of Mercy, 1 Mercado St., all in Durango CO 81301.
A celebration of her life will be held May 8 at the Durango Recreation Center.
Hood Mortuary, 1261 E. Third Ave. Durango, Colo., was in charge of arrangements.
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