Maty "Mate" Murty

Maty Murty was born January 18, 1895 in the 
Town of Rose to James "Jeff" Murty and his wife 
Maggie Thomas Murty.  They moved to the 
Town of Mt. Morris where she attended school 
at the Brownlow School.  She graduated from 
Wild Rose High School in 1913. Mate was at 
teacher in the following schoolsin Waushara 
County almost all of them one room schools: 
Campbell, Rice, Hartford, Colebrook, Webb,
Chain O' Lakes, Raymond, Prairie View, 
Thompson, Grimm,  Poy Sippi (grades 5-6) 
and the Progressive which is part of the Wild 
Rose Historical Museum. She also taught in 
Minnesota at Excelsior, Waldorf, Dakota, 
St Louis Park and Brainard. Jerry Apps
was one of her students at Chain O Lakes.
She died July 15, 1996 in Wild Rose.