Julia Asay

JULIA A. ASAY was born on a farm in Pemberton NJ to Charles and Rebecca Asay around 1866. A public school teacher for 44 years, she began teaching Camden in 1894, and remained with the school system until she retired in 1927. She taught at the Blaine, Rosedale, and Garfield Schools, and in 1914, she was made vice-principal of the then just-opened Cramer School. She was the first ever vice-principal of that school, which was short walk from her home at 115 North 27th Street. Julia Asay's sister, Lydia A. Asay, also taught in the Camden school system. neither sister ever wed.  

A long-time member of Asbury Methodist Church, Miss Julia Asay passed away on April 19, 1950. She was buried at Arlington Cemetery in Pennsauken NJ.

Left: 113 & 115 North 27th Street
Below: North 27th Street
&
Westfield Avenue
as seen from 2 North 27th Street

February 27, 1904

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Camden Courier-Post

April 20, 1950

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April 21, 1950