Estella 'Roberta' Dewey Grant (Lowitz)

Estella 'Roberta' Dewey Grant (Lowitz)

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2nd wife of John Dewey, married on 11 December 1946 in New York City, New York County, New York, USA Stepmother of Adriene Dewey and John Dewey, Jr.

John and Roberta Dewey adopted two Belgian orphans.

After Alice (John's first wife of more than 40 years) died in 1927, Dewey remained unmarried until December 11, 1946, when he married Estelle 'Roberta' Lowitz Grant (1904–1970), a longtime friend and companion for several years before their marriage. The foundation for their relationship was laid in Pennsylvania, where at nineteen, John became a teacher and assistant principal for two years (1879–1881) at Oil City High School immediately after graduating from the University of Vermont. There he met the future father of Roberta, Joshua Lowitz, who lived a short distance away in Pittsburgh.

Many years later, in 1930, she may have called upon Dewey for the first time when she visited him in New York. Dewey also attended a party in her home in Pittsburgh in 1931. Her varied career included working for the Pittsburgh Press and organizing travel clubs for the Pittsburgh schools. As a journalist, she also accepted a number of special assignments, such as representing the Jamaica Standard at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York.