March 30, 1925 - June 19, 2002
Age: 77
Sebring, Florida
Date of Death:
Wednesday, June 19, 2002 at 8:00 a.m.
Place of Death:
Florida Lake Placid Health Care Center at
Sebring, Florida
Place of Birth: Indianapolis, Indiana
Date of Funeral:
Monday, June 24, 2002 at 10:00 a.m.
Visitation:
Sunday from 1:00 until 3:00 p.m.
Place of Burial: Westport Cemetery
Parents: Clarence O. and Bessie M. (Moncrief)
Fredenburg
History:
Residential:
She traveled widely in the United States,
Europe, the Far East and Australia.
Her biography appears in the 5th and 6th editions
of Who’s Who of American Women
and the 5th edition of the Biographical Directories of
Librarians in the United States and
Canada.
After retirement from the education field, she
moved to Sebring, Florida.
Occupation: She was an English and
History Teacher at Noblesville High School, Millersburg High School,
Froebel High School in Gary and Plymouth High School from 1946 till 1956.
In 1956 she went to Colorado and was supervisor of libraries in
Littleton, a librarian in Pueblo Public
Schools, an assistant Professor and Librarian at Adams State College in Alamosa,
a visiting
instructor of library science at Western State
College in Gunnison, at Highland University and at
the University of Denver. In 1966 she
returned to Indiana to be supervisor of Libraries in the State
Dept. for Public Instruction. She went to Perry Central Junior High School as a
Librarian, then to
Keystone Middle School. She help move and open the new library at Perry Meridian
High School in
the suburb of Indianapolis. She retired
from there in 1987.
Education: She graduated from
Thomas Carr Howe High School in 1943.
She received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Butler University in 1946.
She received a Masters of Arts Degree from Indiana University in 1955.
Memberships:
Sebring United Methodist Church, where she
was chairman of the library committee.
Women’s Club of Sebring, Florida where she held offices.
SURVIVORS:
1 Sister - Mrs. (Robert) Wilma
Marie Pilkington - Denver, Colorado
1 Niece - Penny (Pilkington)
Spiegel - Sebring, Florida
2 Nephews - Steve Pilkington -
Decatur, Indiana
Ron Pilkington - Napoleon, Ohio
Preceded in death by: 2 Brothers: Myron and Kenneth Fredenburg in infancy
Memorial contributions may be made to
the Meals on Wheels through the Bass & Gasper Funeral Home.