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- from "The Honolulu Star-Bulletin", 4 Aug 1964
Grace McAlister, Veteran Teacher, Dies on Mainland
Mrs. Grace McAlister, veteran Hawaii educator, died last night while visiting in Murdo, Iowa, according to word received here by friends. Mrs. AcAlister, 65, of 5231 Papai Street, was the widow of the late Chetwynd Harold McAlister, who was superintendent of the Diamond Head School for the Deaf and the Blind and principal of Robert Louis Stevenson Intermediate School. Mr. McAlister also died while on a trip four years ago in Weiser, Idaho. Mrs. McAlister left late last month for a month's visit on the Mainland with her daughter, Mrs. Zelma Wooding and Mrs. Russell (Audrey) Berkstresser, both of Honolulu; her son-in-law, Mr. Berkstresser, and several grandchildren. Funeral services will be arranged after the family returns here. Mrs. McAlister was named "Speech Teacher of the Year" by the Pacific Speech Association in January. She had taught in Hawaii for 27 years, and had been teaching speech, drama and English at Roosevelt High School since 1948. Previously, she taught at McKinley High School and Kohala High School on the Big Island. She also worked with youngsters at the Diamond Head School. Mrs. McAlister directed several children's plays here and worked with the University of Honolulu Community Theatre. She was State director of the Thespian Honorary Society and chairman of the drama section of the State Speech Guide. Born in Murray, Iowa, she was educated at the New York City Conservatory of music, the Central Institute for the Deaf, St. Louis Missouri, and the University of Hawaii.
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1899 - 1964 (65 years)
