REMEMBERING MISS BOLLMAN

As I look back over my high school career, one of the teachers who had a huge influence on me was Miss Bollman, later known as Mrs. Maloney. I remember how math suddenly became fascinating to me - Algebra was so much fun - I loved working with symbols and understanding the logic of it all. I admired Miss Bollman's precision, not just in her mathematics, but also in her clothes, her speech and her demeanor. She really hated gum chewing!
Now that I see her age, I notice that she was only about 10 years older than us - she must have been 24 or 25 when she taught our class, but I remember her as the consumate teacher, always in control, but also always patient and helpful. I still remember Rita Link saying that we'd better try to get a seat in the front of the class, since her sister had told her that we'd better pay attention in Miss Bollman's class.
She had such an influence on me that I too went on to be a math teacher, teaching for many years in Wyoming and even now teaching and running the math tutoring center part time at Thomas More College. I wish I had looked her up to say thank you when she was still living, but I suspect she understands far more now the influence she had on so many.
Thank you Miss Bollman!

Here is the article I found on the internet:

Mary Maloney was steadfast in her religious faith
Teacher, mother, wife of state senator
BY REBECCA GOODMAN
MONTGOMERY - Mary Maloney, a high school math teacher who tutored hundreds of students after she retired, died Sept. 10 of complications of pancreatic cancer. She was 78.
Mrs. Maloney was married for 51 years to former Ohio Sen. Michael J. Maloney.
She was known to almost everyone as "Tickie." Her birth name was Mary Catherine Bollman, but when her older brother Bob said "Catherine" it sounded like "Tickie." The nickname stuck throughout her life. Mrs. Maloney grew up in St. Bernard, where she attended St. Clement School and Our Lady of Angels High School. She graduated from Edgecliff College and received a master's degree in education from Xavier University. She taught at Withrow High School and Our Lady of Angels before taking time off to raise a family of five children. She did that largely by herself because her husband spent four days a week working in Columbus, said her son, Richard Maloney of Springfield Township. Mrs. Maloney returned to teaching at Seton High School in the 1980s. She taught again at Our Lady of Angels before retiring from Mount Notre Dame High School in Reading in 1990. A devout Christian, she enjoyed debating about faith with her brother, a Jesuit priest. "She was the most faith-filled person I have ever known," her son said. "We used to kid that she was holier than the pope." To her 12 grandchildren she was "Mimi," the beloved grandma who gave great Christmas and birthday gifts. She also took them along on vacations to Michigan, where she climbed the Sleeping Bear Dunes with them the year before she was diagnosed with cancer in May 2005. "She remained positive until the end and was never afraid," said her son.
Mrs. Maloney was preceded in death by a 2-year-old son, Michael R. Maloney, in 1961.
In addition to her husband and son Richard, survivors include three other sons, Timothy of Hyde Park, Pat of Montgomery and Thomas of Salt Lake City; a daughter, Brigid Huber of Symmes Township; two brothers, Robert N. Bollman of Indian Hill and the Rev. Richard Bollman, pastor of Bellarmine Chapel at Xavier University; and 12 grandchildren.
Services have been held. Burial was at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.