Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Nimmo, Evelyn October 3, 1966
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The Virginian Pilot Tuesday Oct. 4, 1966
MISS NIMMO, 92, RETIRED TEACHER

Miss Evelyn Nimmo, 92, retired Norfolk school teacher who is credited with being 
a founder of kindergartens, died Monday in a hospital,
A lifelong resident of this area, she was a daughter of William T. and Mrs. 
Virginia Forrest Nimmo.
Miss Nimmo, who taught in the city schools before 1910, began at Ruffner. In 
1917 she transferred to Walter Herron Taylor Elementary, where she had a first 
grade class 35 years.
Not a strict disciplinarian nevertheless her pupils paid attention and minded, 
an associate recalled.  She taught sight reading long before it was introduced 
into the curriculum.  Her nature study classes were abetted by "nature walks" 
about the neighborhood.
She is survived by several cousins. 
The body was taken to H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk.

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