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John L. & Alice M. Holden Education Endowment Fund
(Established 1997)
Alice M. Holden (center of middle row)
John Holden (1854-1945) and Alice Holden (1863-1942) were brother and sister who resided in Aurora.
John Holden was a conductor for the CB&Q Railroad from 1890 until his retirement in the early 1930's.
Alice Holden was a teacher and later principal of Young School on Fifth Street in Aurora. (The administrative offices for East Aurora School District 131 were located on the site for many years.)
Her teaching career began in 1882 and concluded with her retirement in 1932.
She also was a highly respected government weather observer, an unlikely avocation for a woman of that time.
The Holden Endowment Fund was established in 1997 upon the transfer of three trusts administered by Merchants National Bank of Aurora in the name of the couple.
The resulting fund provides income for the educational needs of Aurora students.
Alice Holden is pictured in this profile (in the center of the middle row) during the 1889-1890 school year.
John L. & Alice M. Holden Education Endowment Fund
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