Sunday, April 19, 2020
Condolences to the VanSteenburg family.
I never knew Dorothy on a first-name basis - she was always "Mrs. VanSteenburg" - my 8th grade English teacher at Meadowlawn Junior High School in St. Petersburg. She was able to remarkably control a classroom of unruly 13 year-olds while teaching the finer points of English and prose. Mrs. VanSteenburg was firm, but she demonstrated a gentle kindness and fairness to students. She was respected by the students, who all knew that her classroom was not the place to be acting out.
Fifteen years later, I was working at the Pinellas County Health Department, where I met Bob VanSteenburg. Sure enough, his lovely bride was "Mrs. VanSteenburg"...a small world.
Bob was also a kind soul, and it is comforting that they are reunited again. May they rest in eternal peace.
Tim McClain, St. Pete
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