Armine Gurney Obituary

Armine Gurney was faculty at Warrensburg High School in Warrensburg, NY. View the obituary, post a memory, or share a photo about Armine Gurney.

School Role	Faculty
Date of Passing	Jun 18, 1981
About	Armine was born on December 15, 1906 in Niagara Falls, NY, graduated from Albany State Teacher's College, and came to Warrensburg to teach in 1928. At that time the school was located on Stewart Farrar Street (f.k.a. School Street) across from the Presbyterian Church. She married Walter "Tink" Gurney of Warrensburg in 1933. During her years on the WCS faculty she taught French and Math. She retired in June 1966. She was probably best remembered for making everyone throw their gum in the wastebasket before class started. During her retirement she enjoyed gardening, was active in St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, and was a member of the John Thurman Historical Society. She died on June 18, 1981 in a nursing home in North Creek and was interred in the Catholic Cemetery in Warrensburg. She was survived by her husband Tink, who died in October 1987, and by her son Ben who lives in Phoenix, Arizona. Submitted by Ben Gurney ('63), her son.

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Brian Turner '58 said:

Mrs. Gurney was a fabulous math teacher. She taught both my mother, Irene Pratt (Turner), and me - two generations. I still use much of what she taught me in algebra, trigonometry, and geometry today as a retired scientist still dabbling in research, and when I was actively working as a scientist in companies, like Lockheed Martin, that supported the federal government. In fact, much of her math was used in source code of tens of thousands of lines of software code I developed to predict electromagnetic wave propagation in both the defense community and in the intelligence community. I attribute a great deal of my success as a scientist and engineer to what Armine Gurney taught me in high school. Brian B. Turner, class of 1958

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