Lawrence High School

Ruth Elizabeth Burckel “Ruthie”

Class of 1944, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Massachusetts: Ruth Elizabeth Burckel (“Ruthie”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Breen; headed for Success in field of music; born in 1926. Portrait and entry from the Blue and White, page 20.

Class of 1944

512 in the class of 1944 · 2 more named Burckel

Full name: Ruth Elizabeth Burckel
Known as: Ruthie
Born: November 21, 1926
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1944
Course: College
Came from: Breen
Headed for: Success in field of music

Also searched as: Ruthie Burckel; Ruth Burckel; Ruth E. Burckel; Burckel, Ruth.

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Same surname 1
Classmates 511
Same schools 44

In context

512 people from the Lawrence High School class of 1944 appear on this site, and Burckel puts Ruth 44th among them. Turning the scan to page 20 shows Ruth; the portraits we read from this book run from page 12 to page 119. 6 other people in the class share the first name Ruth. 39 other classmates came from Breen, the school Ruth is listed as coming from. The most common first names in the class of 1944 were John (22), Joseph (15) and Mary (14); in the class of 1945 they were John (17) and Robert (13).

On the same scan page	Barbara Arlene Brown, George F. Brown, Beverly I. Bruce, Eileen Patricia Burke
Same earlier school	Breen: 39 other classmates
Same course	College: 146 of 496 classmates with a course (29%)
Same first name	Ruth: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Blue and White

What Ruth did at school

Glee Club 2

What the yearbook said

“The music in my heart I bore long after it was heard no more”

The class of 1944

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Others named Burckel

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Viola Irene BurckelNew England Conservatory of Music 1917

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Lawrence High School yearbook, 1944, page 20. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item lawrencehighscho1944lawr).

Published 1944. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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