Gerber, Dorothy May

Female 1927 - 1989  (61 years)


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  • Name Gerber, Dorothy May 
    Born 23 Oct 1927  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    • Dorothy was born at her parents home at 7:50 a.m. Elizabeth Hoher, midwife, of 4610 Virginia Ave. attended the birth.
    Gender Female 
    Graduation Jun 1946  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Address:
    Grover Cleveland High School 
    Graduation 4 Jun 1950  Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9
    Address:
    Elmhurst College 
    • She received her B.A. degree, having majored in Philosophy and Christian Education. She was a member of the Student Christian Association and co-chair of the Program Committee.
    Residence From 1962 to 1963  Montréal, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    6211 Monkland Avenue 

    •      In the summer of 1962, Dorothy and her family moved from Elmhurst, Illinois to the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district of Montréal. Her husband began work on a master's degree in comparative religion at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University.
    Residence From 1963 to 1964  Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

    •      In order to survive on a severely reduced income, the following academic year Dorothy and her children lived with her in-laws on their farm in Lafayette County, Missouri, while her husband stayed on in Montréal to continue his graduate school studies.
    Residence From 1964 to 1968  Montréal, Québec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    3719 Hutchison Street 

    •      In the summer of 1964, the family reunited and took up residence in a second storey flat not far from McGill University. While her husband and her children busied themselves with their education, Dorothy worked at the University library.
    Moved To 1969  South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

    •      While working in Chicago for Encyclopedia Britannica, Dorothy's husband, J., applied for collegiate teaching positions and won a place in the Department of Religion at Mount Holyoke College. In the summer of 1969, the family moved itself to New England. J. transitioned back to being a professor and Dorothy took a position in the college library. Although J. still needed to finish his Ph.D. dissertation, the notion of stability began to settle over the family.
    Died 23 Jul 1989  Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 10, 11, 12, 13

    •      Dorothy had suffered for many years from early onset Alzheimer's disease. She had been able to receive care at home until the last week of her life when medical complications became too severe for the family to handle. Following her instructions, she was allowed to die without interference and peacefully while a patient at Holyoke Hospital.
    Buried 26 Jul 1989  Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Valley Cemetery 
    Person ID I40  Fiegenbaum
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2018 

    Father Gerber, Louis August,   b. 26 Jan 1892, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 1958, Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years) 
    Mother Brockmeyer, Charlotte Caroline Christine,   b. 9 Jul 1891, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Sep 1981, St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 3 Jul 1920  St. Louis, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [14, 15, 16, 17, 18
    • The marriage certificate refers to a license issued on 3 July 1920 by the Recorder of Deeds of the City of St. Louis. Rev. F. W. Weidmann of Trinity Lutheran Church signed the certificate. Miss Charlotte Seele and Mr. Wm. Brockmeyer are listed as witnesses.
    Family ID F95  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Fiegenbaum, J. W.,   b. 25 Dec 1924, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jan 2010, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage License 4 Jun 1952  St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19
    Married 8 Jun 1952  Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [19, 20, 21, 22, 23
    Address:
    Eden Theological Seminary 
    • 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) From Oct 1953 to 1954  Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [24
    • 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.
    Residence (family) From 1954 to 1962  Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

    •      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.
    Residence (family) 1968–1969  Glenview, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 

    •      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.
    Children 
     1. Fiegenbaum, John Mark
    +2. Fiegenbaum, Eric Norton
    +3. Fiegenbaum, Karen Jay
    Last Modified 6 Aug 2018 
    Family ID F15  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 23 Oct 1927 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Grover Cleveland High School - Jun 1946 - St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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    Elmhurst College - 4 Jun 1950 - Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
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    Link to Google MapsMarriage License - 4 Jun 1952 - St. Louis County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Eden Theological Seminary - 8 Jun 1952 - Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA
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    Link to Google MapsResidence (family) - From Oct 1953 to 1954 - Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence (family) - From 1954 to 1962 - Elmhurst, DuPage County, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
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    6211 Monkland Avenue - From 1962 to 1963 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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    Link to Google MapsResidence - From 1963 to 1964 - Lafayette County, Missouri, USA Link to Google Earth
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    3719 Hutchison Street - From 1964 to 1968 - Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Jul 1989 - Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Valley Cemetery - 26 Jul 1989 - Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Birth Certificate.
      Photocopy of certificate. File No. 51209; Registered No. 137[?]89

    2. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      Dorothy May Gerber; born 23 October 1927. Information forwarded to Elizabeth M. Gerber in 1996, who shared it with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in 2002.

    3. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 9.
      Dorothy Gerber, born 1928.

    4. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 143.
      Dorothy May Gerber was born on 23 October 1927. No place given.

    5. [S117] United States. Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index (Washington, D.C.: Social Security Administration), Dorothy M. Fiegenbaum.
      Accessed in 2008 through Rootsweb.com (http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/).
           Dorothy M. Fiegenbaum, born on 23 October 1927, died on 23 July 1989 at the age of 61 years. She held Social Security Number 494-26-4948, issued by Missouri. The last address of record was South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachsetts (this was not necessarily the place of death).

    6. [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.

    7. [S217] Book, The Beacon, 1946; page 68.
      Yearbook of Grover Cleveland High School. Dorothy Gerber was a member of the class of June 1946.

    8. [S217] Book, The Elms, 1950; pages 32-33, 115.
      Volume 32 of the Elmhurst College yearbook; published by the Student Union in 1950. Dorothy Gerber of St. Louis, Missouri, majored in Philosophy and Christian Education; she was a member and officer of the Student Christian Association.

    9. [S221] Diploma, granted by Elmhurst College.
      The degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred on Dorothy May Gerber at Elmhurst College on 4 June 1950. Signed by H. W. Dinkmeyer, President; Alfred Friedli, Dean; Erwin R. Koch, Chairman, Board of Directors.

    10. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      Died 23 July 1989. Information forwarded to Elizabeth M. Gerber in 1996, who shared it with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in 2002.

    11. [S2] J. W. Fiegenbaum, Genealogical research.
      Died 23 July 1989 while a patient in Holyoke Hospital, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Dorothy died of Alzheimer's disease.

    12. [S58] Familie Gerhard Meier, Nachfahren des Ludolph Starkebaum aus Sonneborn (Oerlinghausen, BRD: Familie Meier, [1996-1997?]), page 9.
      Dorothy died in 1989.

    13. [S175] Frances Gretchen (Klein) Leenerts, Descendants of Father Fiegenbaum (Chinook, Washington: F. Leenerts, 2002), page 143.
      Dorothy May died on 23 July 1989 at South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts.

    14. [S22] Obituary.
      Charlotte C. (Brockmeyer) Gerber. Photocopy from undated and unidentified [St. Louis?] newspaper.

    15. [S30] Certificate of Marriage.
      "I, the undersigned, a clergyman, hereby certify that on the third day of July, A.D., 1920, Mr. Louis A Gerber, of St. Louis, State of Missouri, and Miss Charlotte Brockmeyer, of St. Louis, State of Missouri, were by me legally joined in holy matrimony in the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri, according to the laws of said state, and under authority of a marriage license issued the third day of July 1920, by the Recorder of Deeds of the City of St. Louis, State of Missouri. Rev. F. W. Weidmann [signature], Trinity Lutheran Church." Witnesses were Miss Charlotte Seele and Mr. Wm. Brockmeyer. Photocopy of certificate in the possession of Charlotte M. (Gerber) Krejci.

    16. [S45] Howard J. Seesler, Genealogical research.
      Louis August Gerber and Charlotte Caroline Christine Brockmeyer; married 3 July 1920. Information forwarded to Elizabeth M. Gerber in 1996, who shared it with J. Mark Fiegenbaum in 2002.

    17. [S97] Elizabeth Marie Gerber, Genealogical research.
      Louis August Gerber and Charlotte Caroline Brockmeyer; married 3 July 1920.

    18. [S182] Find A Grave, Inc, Findagrave.com (https://www.findagrave.com in December 2017), "Charles E. Gerber". Memorial #47919785.
      ( https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47919785 ). Accessed in July 2018. Memorial created by "Lorie" on 9 February 2010; maintained by "Susan Ing" (contributor 47043987). This Find A Grave memorial included a transcription of an death notice identified as having been published on 30 April 2000 in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
           According to information on this memorial page, "Charles E. Gerber" was born on an unknown date; the place of birth was not provided. He was the child of "Louis A. and Charlotte (nee Brockmeyer) Gerber".

    19. [S30] Certificate of Marriage, photocopy in the possession of J. W. Fiegenbaum.

    20. [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.

    21. [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.

    22. [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.

    23. [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.

    24. [S211] Article or notice, The Daily Herald (Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi). Friday, 29 January 1954; page 14, column 5.
      Digital copy (PDF) accessed through NewspaperArchive.com at (http://newspaperarchive.com/biloxi-daily-herald/1954-01-29/) in February 2013.
           "Rev. Fiegenbaum is associate pastor of the Evangelical and Reformed Lutheran Back Bay Mission. He was graduated from Eden Seminary at St. Louis, Mo., in June 1953 and has been in Biloxi since October."