Ann Allen Birdwell

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Taught at Knappa High School in Knappa OR.

Notes on the school Facebook site about her and her husband Grady:

Message from her granddaughter
I'm not a Knappa Alum, but my grandmother was a physics teacher for decades at Knappa. Her name was Ann Pannell. She retired in the 80's and died in 1998. My grandfather, Grady Pannell, was the sportswriter for the Astorian. Does anyone remember them?

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I also remember your grandmother, Mrs. Pannell. I had her for a few classes. My favorite memory is from high school physics class. There were only two girls in this class, so we naturally were teamed up for labwork. In one session we were making an electromagnet, using paperclips end to end... to show how far along this chain the magnetic force would work. Well, we got this idea that if we hooked the paper clips together we could get a longer chain, and we certainly did! We kept moving the electromagnet higher and higher, and Mrs. Pannell looked over and saw how long our paper clip chain was, and her eyes about popped out of her head! Then she figured out what we had done. It was so funny!
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We will always remember your grandmother, Mrs. Pannell, and have many fond memories of her in High School. She was a wonderful teacher and person. Your grandfather, Grady, was always taking pix of our girls basketball games and giving us encouraging words. What a sweet couple! My mother in law ...was a sub at the High School and loved your grandmother too.
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I sure do remember your grandmother as my geometry teacher. She was patient with us Knappa rowdies, and always had a good attitude. She had a ready smile. Your grandfather too was well known in our community and Astoria, he was a good sports reporter, we liked seeing him at Knappas ball games.

Ann married Robert Grady PANNELL. Robert (son of Robert Emmett PANNELL and Laura Gaynell WHITAKER) was born 28 Feb 1921, Scott Co. VA; died 23 Nov 2001, Portland, Multnomah Co. OR. [Group Sheet]

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According to his father's obituary in 2001 he lives in Washington, DC.