Family: Fiegenbaum, J. W. / Gerber, Dorothy May (F15)
m. 8 Jun 1952-
Father | Male
Fiegenbaum, J. W.
Born 25 Dec 1924 Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA 
Died 13 Jan 2010 Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Buried 15 Jan 2010 Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Married 8 Jun 1952 [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Other Spouse Keyes, Patricia | F154 Married Father Fiegenbaum, John Henry | F14 Group Sheet Mother Maun, Katherine Margarete | F14 Group Sheet
Mother | Female
Gerber, Dorothy May
Born 23 Oct 1927 St. Louis, Missouri, USA Died 23 Jul 1989 Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Buried 26 Jul 1989 Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Father Gerber, Louis August | F95 Group Sheet Mother Brockmeyer, Charlotte Caroline Christine | F95 Group Sheet
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Notes Married:
- They were married in the chapel at Eden Theological Seminary. Rev. Paul R. Stock officiated. Charlotte (Gerber) Krejci, Dorothy's sister, and Henry Fiegenbaum, J. W.'s brother, were witnesses.
Residence (family):
- Dorothy and J. W. were on a temporary assignment at the Evangelical and Reformed Lutheran Back Bay Mission. Rev. Kissell had undergone extensive surgery and J. served as the associate pastor during his recovery. The family lived at 424 Chartres Street.
In late summer 1954, J. was offered and accepted a one year assignment on the faculty of Religion at Elmhurst College. A few weeks before the opening of the fall semester, the family was settling down in an apartment in the basement of Irion Hall, a dormitory for male students. In addition to serving as head-resident of the dorm, J. began a routine of teaching four sections of an Introduction to the Old Testament (First Semester) and four sections of an Introduction to the New Testament (Second Semester). With the completion of Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel, he assumed the duties of the first, unofficial Chaplain to the College. In the meantime, the family had moved into a first floor apartment in faculty housing at 208 Alexander Boulevard, on the corner of Prospect Avenue. The fine arts center of the college now occupies this location.
In addition to teaching, J. had been studying during the summers at Garrett-Northwestern, accumulating credits toward an advanced degree. It was becoming clear, however, that the type of program that would provide the training he required involved time away from the Elmhurst College. President Stanger agreed to a one year leave of absence.
In 1968, J. was finished with his formal classroom requirements at the Institute for Islamic Studies and was hired as an editor for a new edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. The family moved to Illinois.
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Sources - [S30] Certificate of Marriage, photocopy in the possession of J. W. Fiegenbaum.
- [S50] Martin and Shirley (Erdman) Tempel, Genealogical research.
Maun Family. Genealogical charts prepared August 1992 and shared with J. W. Fiegenbaum. J. W. Fiegenbaum and Dorothy May Gerber; married 8 June 1952. - [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 9.
Johann Wilhelm Fiegenbaum and Dorothy Gerber married; a first marriage for J. W. Fiegenbaum. No date or place given. - [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 143.
J. W. Fiegenbaum and Dorothy May Gerber were married. No date or place given. - [S181] Ancestry.com (library edition), Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002 (https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1171 in November 2017), J. W. Fiegenbaum-Dorothy May Gerber; 1952; St. Louis County.
Accessed in April 2016. As part of the entry for the marriage record in this database, a digital image of a "Recorder's Information from Marriage License Applicants" recorded the groom as J. W. Fiegenbaum, of Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, white, single, born on 3 February 1925 at Tulsa, Oklahoma; and the bride as Dorothy May Gerber, of 5004 Idaho, St. Louis, Missouri, white, single, born on 23 October 1927 at St. Louis, Missouri. The applications signed the document.
The database index provided additional data that was not recorded on the digital document available for this record in the database. This data was drawn from a source not available to the user and not properly identified. According to the database index, the place of registration was "St. Louis, Missouri, USA;" no date of registration was provided. The database index also reported that the marriage took place at "Webster Grover [sic], St Louis, Missouri" on 8 June 1952.
- [S30] Certificate of Marriage, photocopy in the possession of J. W. Fiegenbaum.