Individual Details

Freda STETTLER

(19 Apr 1898 - 9 Jul 1998)

From a letter to Beth Humiston, written by Freda on 5 October 1993, when she was 95 years old: "Memories are sort of pestering my mind right now and this is my old age speaking. I'm so glad I was born to parents of Swiss descent who came to this country, were married in this country, and brought up a big family in this country when it was still kind of new (to them), and I was one of their children born in the U.S.A! I love to remember growing up when we were kids and had the joy of snow and ice, of right and wrong, kids of our own, and finally retiring to a warmer climate to enjoy retirement. Lucky for me, lucky for you!"

Notes from Beth Humiston's interview with her father, Herman Stettler:
"Freda was a tomboy. She could shimmy up a pole in the barn faster than I (Herm) could. She could outrun me and the school kids. She was built for it -- had legs that were all muscle. Not especially pretty. She helped look after Hans (John) and Babe (Walter) when they were babies." Freda and Herm were buddies. They played baseball in the yard and she outdid Herm.

Events

Birth19 Apr 1898Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States
Marriage15 Jun 1922Crown Point, Lake, Indiana, United States - John Alphonso "Jacky" MCCARTHY
Death9 Jul 1998Port Charlotte, Charlotte, Florida, United States
Marriage
BurialRestlawn Memorial Gardens, Port Charlotte, Charlotte, Florida, United States

Families

SpouseJohn Alphonso "Jacky" MCCARTHY (1900 - )
ChildJohn Francis "Jacky" MCCARTHY (1922 - 1994)
ChildRichard Marshall MCCARTHY (1924 - )
FatherErnst Samuel STETTLER (1864 - 1949)
MotherElisabeth "Elise" HALDEMANN (1862 - )
SiblingMarie STETTLER (1892 - 1899)
SiblingFred Ferdinand "Fred" STETTLER (1893 - 1966)
SiblingRose STETTLER (1894 - 1994)
SiblingPaul Ernest STETTLER (1896 - 1972)
SiblingHerman Walter STETTLER (1899 - 1989)
SiblingJohn Gottlieb "Hans" STETTLER (1902 - 1995)
SiblingWalter Erhardt "Babe" STETTLER (1904 - 1957)

Endnotes

1. 1900 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Illinois, Will, Joliet, enumeration district (ED) ED 111, sheet 6A, image 11, dwelling 93, family 96, lines 17-26, Ernest Stettler and family; digital images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221 : deceased 27 November 2013); National Archives and Records Administration.

2. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 15 January 2018), Frieda S. Stettler Senesac; memorial ID 129639529.

3. Social Security Death Index, Freda S. Senesac.

4. "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 15 January 2018), Freda Senesac; Florida Department of Health; died 9 July 1998.

5. "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch ( : accessed 10 February 2018), John A. McCarthy and Freda Stettler; Lake, 1922 Volume 45, image 271.

6. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 15 January 2018), Frieda S. Stettler Senesac; memorial ID 129639529.

7. Social Security Death Index, Freda S. Senesac.

8. "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 15 January 2018), Freda Senesac; Florida Department of Health; died 9 July 1998.

9. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 15 January 2018), Frieda S. Stettler Senesac; memorial ID 129639529.