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    • Lore sits on a wooden garden bench smiling at the camera, in a pink shirt and grey-haired. To her right is an image of her collage art work of a tree.

      Lore Henrietta Schirokauer (née Strich), 1930-2024

      Published 31/12/24

      Lore Henrietta Schirokauer (née Strich) died in Cleveland, Ohio on December 19th, 2024, at the age of 94. Lore was born in Munich, Germany on September 19th, 1930, to Walter and Marta Strich. Her family moved twice in the 1930’s, first to Florence, Italy, in order to avoid persecution by the rising Nazi regime and subsequently to Cambridge, England, where they established permanent residency and where Lore completed her primary and secondary schooling at The Perse School for Girls.

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    • Close up image of the top of a lit candle with the flame shown against a dark background and the words In Memoriam written above in white text.

      Sarah Hamilton-Garrett (née Smith), 1947-2024

      Published 30/06/24

      Sarah Hamilton Garrett (née Smith) lived from 12 February 1947 – 6 June 2024. Sarah (and her twin sister Julia) attended the Perse Girls School, followed by completing the Senior Secretarial Course at Cambridge Technical College. She initially worked for the Cambridge University Department of Maths and Mathematical Statistics before spending her first year of married life with Colin in Nancy, France, working in a language laboratory helping trainee teachers pronounce their English words correctly. On their return, she worked for Cooper, McDougal & Robertson in Berkhamsted and was secretary to the Chief Vet. 

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    • Alumna Penelope Dix writes about the 80th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings in The Daily Telegraph

      Penelope Dix (AG91) on the 80th anniversary commemorations of the D-Day landings

      Published 24/06/24

      On 8th June 2024, the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, and always, we're thankful for all the Guild members, their families and friends, who took part in and supported D-Day, and proud of all Guild members who currently serve in the Armed Forces, the Intelligence Services, and supporting operations. 

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    • Adele Warner sits to the right on a sofa with Claudia Freeman to the left. They are talking and smiling with one another.

      Adele Warner, Perse School for Girls Faculty, Modern Languages 1980s-2016

      Published 05/04/24

      We recently received the sad news that Adele Warner (pictured, above right, alongside Claudia Freeman) passed away on the 2 April 2024 after many battles with cancer. She had already lost her husband to cancer in 2021. She passed away with her family around her. Adele had been a German teacher since the late 1980s at the Perse School for Girls. She retired in summer 2016.

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    • Former Head Girl, Anne Keast-Butler, appointed Director of GCHQ

      Former Head Girl, Anne Keast-Butler, AG66, appointed Director of GCHQ, May 2023

      Published 29/05/23

      The School was delighted to see former Head Girl, Anne Keast-Butler, appointed as Director of GCHQ in May 2023, succeeding Sir Jeremy Fleming as the seventeenth holder of this role.

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