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Meg Sanderson

by Nicholas Rumin

Dear David, 
It is only today that I learned from the English 
School OBOG web page of the passing of my 
dearest school teacher. Meg was my first 
teacher, and I will always remember her not only 
as a good teacher but also for her kindness and 
humanity. At the end of the school year I was 
hospitalized with acute apendicitis. She came to 
visit me in hospital and brought me my prizes 
which were awarded even though I was unable to 
complete the year and write the exams. She also 
brought me materials for making Christmas 
decorations and encouraged me to make some to 
decorate the school tree in December. 
In my later years in senior school I began to 
slack off and, whenever I met her, she always 
had that slightly reproachful look because, of 
course, she expected better of me. 
I visited her and her sister Dor several times 
in the ensuing years, whenever I was in the UK. 
Indeed, I took both my children to visit her, 
and one of them subsequently visited her on her 
own initiative. 
Margaret Sanderson was such a truly human person 
and had such a fantastic joi de vivre, and was 
such a lady. 
We pray for the repose of the soul of dear Meg. 
I am sure that she went straight to Heaven. 
 
PS How is her sister Dor? Please transmit to her 
our belated condoleances.

posted on Saturday, December 26, 2009
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