Claremont High School Alumni Society
1911-2024

Ms. Lynn Lary - (Math)
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For some reason, and I cannot remember why, I used to go fishing with my teacher colleague Rosemary Adam.
Today I learned that she passed away this past Wednesday. I've had this picture of her in my garage for all these years from one of our fishing trips.
I met her at the first school in which I taught. She was one of the language arts teachers that I used to hang out with outside of school. Me, a young 20-something teacher, her, close to 60. She was edgy and liked to push the limits and I think she took quite a bit of joy in conversations that shocked me. Especially wonderful were the dinners our group had - I vividly remember the smell of her wood burning fireplace - and the time we spent at Annielaural LeFaye's cabin at Whitney Portal.
Always one to be mysterious, she never disclosed her ethnicity and she had a voice that she most likely developed to sound sultry, like one of the old time movie stars. I always assumed that she was some part middle eastern; she always said that she was, "from Brazil, where the nuts come from."
Quirky, provocative, thoughtful. My friend Rosemary Adam -- I will always remember her as "Linda Freeway."