Christine Ann Ney

Christine Ann Ney, 75, of St. Ignace, Michigan, passed away on October 3, 2022, at McLaren Northern Michigan Hospital, Petoskey, Michigan. She was born in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, on January 10, 1947. Christine graduated high school from St. Ignace, Michigan, LaSalle High School in 1964; she never missed a reunion with her classmates, as she loved them dearly. She graduated from Marygrove College, Detroit, Michigan in 1968, with a bachelor’s degree and a great commitment to teaching our youth. Her master’s degree was earned at Purdue University in 1977. Christine lived in the Chicago area for 17 years, teaching at Elizabeth Seton High School where she was recognized with an Illinois Governor’s Master Teacher Award and was honored by the University of Chicago for Outstanding Teaching in the Chicago area. In 1986, she relocated to Muncie, Indiana, to teach at Burris Lab School at Ball State University; during that time, she was honored in Washington DC as a Presidential Scholar-Teacher. Four years later, she moved across the lawn from Burris to begin teaching at the newly opened Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities and was there until her retirement in 2019; just prior to her retirement, she was awarded the University Schools Outstanding Teaching Award. From 1990 to 2019, Christine was a member of the Michigan Hemingway Society where she attended conferences in Petoskey, Michigan, Sun Valley, Idaho, and the Hemingway International Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. She received the Lily Creative Teacher grant which allowed her to research and walk in Hemingway’s footsteps in Italy, Paris, Switzerland, and Spain. Christine enjoyed introducing her students to various cultural activities; she created and directed her literature students in exploring “Spirituality in the Native American Feast”. She exposed her students to the theater by arranging more than 30 student trips to Stratford, Ontario, for the Shakespeare Festival, trips to the Lyric Opera of Chicago, and 2 trips to Indiana Repertory Theatre among many other such field trips. She also nurtured her talent as a poet and presented her work at a gathering of Michigan Poets on Mackinac Island, Michigan, in 1991. As she had always planned, after retirement, she moved back to her hometown of St. Ignace, Michigan, where she enjoyed the people and outdoor nature of the surrounding area. She is survived by her sisters, Kathleen Ney Cheeseman of Palm Desert, California, and Eileen Ney of Palm Desert, California; her brother, Kurt Peter (Susan) Ney of St. Ignace, Michigan; and her niece, Hailey Mary Ney of Boyne City, Michigan. Christine enjoyed many family functions and is survived by many cousins from the Ney and Gallagher families. Christine is preceded in death by her husband, Jim Bogan; and parents, Peter Ney and Mary (Gallagher) Ney. A memorial service will be planned and announced at a later date. Galer Funeral Home & Cremation in Pickford, Michigan, is serving the family. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.galerfuneralhomes.com.

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Christine Ann Ney

January 10, 1947 - October 3, 2022