Background
Sevier, Elisabeth was born on December 15, 1930 in Larissa, Greece. Came to the United States, 1955. Daughter of Marcel University and Therese (Tchichekian) Kapelian.
("On June 14, 1940, Parisians awoke to the crunch of Germa...)
"On June 14, 1940, Parisians awoke to the crunch of German boots marching down the Avenue des Champs Elysees . . . the beginning of the German occupation, and a tragic chapter in the history of France." One of the youngest members of the French Resistance during World War II, Elisabeth Sevier was just turning 16 when she joined. She would not quietly acquiesce to German occupation, and gradually and "unofficially" began small acts of sabotage -- on foot and on her bicycle. "I could never see how submitting to the Nazis could help my country or my family. . . . From the first time I saw the cocky Germans in Paris, I wanted them out of France." Elisabeth's resistance to the enemy's takeover of Paris did not go unnoticed by the Germans. She had sensed the Gestapo watching her. A warning from her Red Cross supervisor saved her, and sent Elisabeth to safety, on a dark April night in 1944, along with a truckload of other clandestine resistance fighters. She was a witness to the brutal Gestapo tactics against French Jewish families and her Resistance comrades, who were buried alive in a forest near Dijon -- with only their heads left above ground. "In the clearing . . . human heads were scattered everywhere. At first we thought they were separated from their bodies. However, when we drew closer I realized the bodies were buried up to their necks. . . ." Elisabeth was captured and tortured by the Gestapo when caught trying to blow up railroad tracks. The result of the torturous thumb screws, used by the SS, can still be seen on her left thumb. For her courage and defiance of the enemy, her patriotism, and her unwavering heroism, Elisabeth received the coveted Croix de Guerre, with Bronze Star, one of the highest honors awarded by the French government.
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Sevier, Elisabeth was born on December 15, 1930 in Larissa, Greece. Came to the United States, 1955. Daughter of Marcel University and Therese (Tchichekian) Kapelian.
Bachelor of Science in Education, New Mexico State University, 1971.
Second in command Lieutenant, French Army, 1945; advanced through grades to captain, French Army, 1953; nurse, French Army, France and Indo-China, 1945-1953; nurse, Hotel Dieu Hospital, El Paso, Texas, 1955-1958; nurse, Sacred Heart Hospital, Red Bud, Illinois, 1959-1968; teacher French, Radford School for Girls, El Paso, 1971-1975; teacher French, Edmond (Oklahoma) Memorial H.S., since 1980.
("On June 14, 1940, Parisians awoke to the crunch of Germa...)
Member National Education Association, American Association Teachers of French, Oklahoma Association Teachers of French (president 1983), Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Kappa Iota.
Married Robert Wesley Sevier, July 25, 1958. Children: Adele, Renee, Lisa.