Adah Margaret Stark Frederick (1891-1972)

Adah Margaret Stark Frederick

Birth

16 Mar 1891

Dodge County, Minnesota, USA

Death

29 Dec 1972 (aged 81)

Pine Island, Goodhue County, Minnesota, USA

Burial

Maple Grove Cemetery

Kasson, Dodge County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map

Plot

Block: 5Lot: 27Grave: 7Level: 1

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Mrs. Frederick, Pine Island, Dies

Mrs. Adah Margaret Frederick, 81, of Pine Island, died here Friday at Pine Haven Nursing Home, where she has been a patient for two years.

The former Adah Stark was born March 16, 1891 in Mantorville Township, Dodge County to Jacob and Sarah (Maxson) Stark. She graduated from Mantorville High School and went to Normal School to become a teacher.

She married Charles Frederick on November 18, 1918 in Dodge Center. He died December 20, 1956. Mrs. Frederick taught in rural Dodge County schools until she was married. After her marriage, she farmed with her husband on the same farm in rural Pine Island in Milton Township for 54 years. She was a member of the Ladies Guild at Zwingli United Church of Christ in Berne. She was famous for her Sunday dinners with various family members and for her flower and vegetable garden, always sharing her bounty with others when they came to visit.

She is survived by one son, Charles Junior of Pine Island; three grandchildren, Cathy Whitcomb, Donald Frederick and Nancy Frederick; two great-grandchildren, Jay and Jon Whitcomb; a brother, Lawrence D. Stark of Austin, and three sisters, Mrs. Bernice Belden of Phoenix, Arizona, Mrs. Laura Bauer of Clarks Grove, Minn., and Mrs. J. E. (Bessie) Allen of Galesburg, Wisconsin. Two brothers, Grant and Haven, and three sisters, Fannie Maxson, Mabel Kautz and Hattie Andrist, preceded her in death.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Zwingli United Church of Christ with Rev. Gerald Green officiating.

Burial will be in Maple Grove Cemetery in Kasson in the spring. Pallbearers will be Colin Yennie, Paul Gaarder, Milo Schiesser, Clifford McGowan, Elmer Kuperschmied and Kenneth Alberts.

OBITUARY - Rochester Post Bulletin

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MN Marriage Index record:
Dodge County, MN
Certid# F-317
16-Nov-1918
Groom: FREDERICK, Charles
Bride: STARK, Adah Margaret

MN Death Index record:
FREDERICK, ADA MARGARET
Date of Birth: 16 Mar 1891
Place of Birth: MINNESOTA
Mother Maiden Name: MAXSON
certid# 1972-MN-031958
Date of Death: 29 Dec 1972
County of Death: GOODHUE

NOTE: The cemetery record shows 1-May-1972 as the burial date

Sister: Bessie (Dornack) Allen