The Franklin Evening Star, 24 Aug 1943, Tue. Pg 1 [Excerpts]
DEATH CLAIMS RESIDENT AT HOME LONGEST
Mrs. Caroline Fitzgerald, 91, Occupant of Masonic Institution 23 Years, Saw Its Growth From Infancy
Mrs. Caroline Fitzgerald of Indianapolis, oldest resident of the Indiana Masonic Home in point of residence, passed away there Monday. She was 91 last March…. Interment in Greenlawn cemetery.
She had entered the institution on October 17, 1920, from North Park Chaper No. 404, Order of the Eastern Star, of Indianapolis and completed two decades of residence in 1940. She was born March 2, 1852.
“The Indiana Masonic Home is not a home unless residents like myself care to make it home,” she had said when interviewed after completing 20 years’ residence – a two-decade period marked by the death or withdrawal of everyone who was living there at the time of her entrance.
She had established the distinction of not only being the oldest resident of the Masonic Home in the point of residence, but had established a record of having lived at the institution longer than any other resident had ever live there.
Radio Favorite Pastime –
Born and reared in southern Indiana, Mrs. Fitzgerald later moved to the northern part of the state and came to Franklin from Indianapolis, her last home. Her husband, the late Isaac Fitzgerald, who before his death was a farmer, died several months before Mrs. Fitzgerald entered the Home.
The couple had three children, only one of whom is living. She is Mrs. Flora Zedaker, of Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Fitzgerald was the oldest daughter of eight children all of whom are now deceased.
When she first came to the Masonic Home, she worked as best she could, but as years past she began to devote her time to caring for herself and her tidy room in the administration building.
By taking care of herself in her room Mrs. Fitzgerald said her time passed easily. Her favorite hobby was the radio, which furnished her an unestimable amount of enjoyment.
Coming Here Prolonged Life –
Mrs. Fitzgerald gained a host of friends and acquaintances in her 23 years at the Masonic Home, and firmly believes that her coming to Franklin prolonged her life. With the aid of a cane, she could walk about the Home, visiting her many friends there.
One of her closest friends, was Mrs. Anna D. Ervan, age 57, of Scottsburg, whose period of residence at the Home more closely rivaled that of Mrs. Fitzgerald than any other woman. She entered the Home on December 15, 1921, from Scottsburg Masonic lodge number 572.
Mrs. Fitzgerald clearly recalled the steady growth and development of the Home from 1920 to the present time.
When she came here, she said, there were only the main section of the administration building without the wings, one cottage for boys, two girls’ cottages, and the main section of the Eastern Star hospital.
Mrs. Fitzgerald enjoyed reading The Star until her sight began to fail, and she also had been forced to discontinue sewing almost entirely.
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MARRIAGE -
Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993
Isaac M. Fitzgerald MARRIED Caroline L. Condry on 15 Sep 1870 in Jennings Co IN
NOTE - Parents John W. Condrey and Mary E. Gossett per Corine Ruzek Monsen Family Tree
[Provided by Mark McCrady #47714241 and Cathea Curry #47339429]
DEATH CLAIMS RESIDENT AT HOME LONGEST
Mrs. Caroline Fitzgerald, 91, Occupant of Masonic Institution 23 Years, Saw Its Growth From Infancy
Mrs. Caroline Fitzgerald of Indianapolis, oldest resident of the Indiana Masonic Home in point of residence, passed away there Monday. She was 91 last March…. Interment in Greenlawn cemetery.
She had entered the institution on October 17, 1920, from North Park Chaper No. 404, Order of the Eastern Star, of Indianapolis and completed two decades of residence in 1940. She was born March 2, 1852.
“The Indiana Masonic Home is not a home unless residents like myself care to make it home,” she had said when interviewed after completing 20 years’ residence – a two-decade period marked by the death or withdrawal of everyone who was living there at the time of her entrance.
She had established the distinction of not only being the oldest resident of the Masonic Home in the point of residence, but had established a record of having lived at the institution longer than any other resident had ever live there.
Radio Favorite Pastime –
Born and reared in southern Indiana, Mrs. Fitzgerald later moved to the northern part of the state and came to Franklin from Indianapolis, her last home. Her husband, the late Isaac Fitzgerald, who before his death was a farmer, died several months before Mrs. Fitzgerald entered the Home.
The couple had three children, only one of whom is living. She is Mrs. Flora Zedaker, of Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Fitzgerald was the oldest daughter of eight children all of whom are now deceased.
When she first came to the Masonic Home, she worked as best she could, but as years past she began to devote her time to caring for herself and her tidy room in the administration building.
By taking care of herself in her room Mrs. Fitzgerald said her time passed easily. Her favorite hobby was the radio, which furnished her an unestimable amount of enjoyment.
Coming Here Prolonged Life –
Mrs. Fitzgerald gained a host of friends and acquaintances in her 23 years at the Masonic Home, and firmly believes that her coming to Franklin prolonged her life. With the aid of a cane, she could walk about the Home, visiting her many friends there.
One of her closest friends, was Mrs. Anna D. Ervan, age 57, of Scottsburg, whose period of residence at the Home more closely rivaled that of Mrs. Fitzgerald than any other woman. She entered the Home on December 15, 1921, from Scottsburg Masonic lodge number 572.
Mrs. Fitzgerald clearly recalled the steady growth and development of the Home from 1920 to the present time.
When she came here, she said, there were only the main section of the administration building without the wings, one cottage for boys, two girls’ cottages, and the main section of the Eastern Star hospital.
Mrs. Fitzgerald enjoyed reading The Star until her sight began to fail, and she also had been forced to discontinue sewing almost entirely.
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MARRIAGE -
Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993
Isaac M. Fitzgerald MARRIED Caroline L. Condry on 15 Sep 1870 in Jennings Co IN
NOTE - Parents John W. Condrey and Mary E. Gossett per Corine Ruzek Monsen Family Tree
[Provided by Mark McCrady #47714241 and Cathea Curry #47339429]
The Franklin Evening Star, 24 Aug 1943, Tue. Pg 1 [Excerpts]
DEATH CLAIMS RESIDENT AT HOME LONGEST
Mrs. Caroline Fitzgerald, 91, Occupant of Masonic Institution 23 Years, Saw Its Growth From Infancy
Mrs. Caroline Fitzgerald of Indianapolis, oldest resident of the Indiana Masonic Home in point of residence, passed away there Monday. She was 91 last March…. Interment in Greenlawn cemetery.
She had entered the institution on October 17, 1920, from North Park Chaper No. 404, Order of the Eastern Star, of Indianapolis and completed two decades of residence in 1940. She was born March 2, 1852.
“The Indiana Masonic Home is not a home unless residents like myself care to make it home,” she had said when interviewed after completing 20 years’ residence – a two-decade period marked by the death or withdrawal of everyone who was living there at the time of her entrance.
She had established the distinction of not only being the oldest resident of the Masonic Home in the point of residence, but had established a record of having lived at the institution longer than any other resident had ever live there.
Radio Favorite Pastime –
Born and reared in southern Indiana, Mrs. Fitzgerald later moved to the northern part of the state and came to Franklin from Indianapolis, her last home. Her husband, the late Isaac Fitzgerald, who before his death was a farmer, died several months before Mrs. Fitzgerald entered the Home.
The couple had three children, only one of whom is living. She is Mrs. Flora Zedaker, of Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Fitzgerald was the oldest daughter of eight children all of whom are now deceased.
When she first came to the Masonic Home, she worked as best she could, but as years past she began to devote her time to caring for herself and her tidy room in the administration building.
By taking care of herself in her room Mrs. Fitzgerald said her time passed easily. Her favorite hobby was the radio, which furnished her an unestimable amount of enjoyment.
Coming Here Prolonged Life –
Mrs. Fitzgerald gained a host of friends and acquaintances in her 23 years at the Masonic Home, and firmly believes that her coming to Franklin prolonged her life. With the aid of a cane, she could walk about the Home, visiting her many friends there.
One of her closest friends, was Mrs. Anna D. Ervan, age 57, of Scottsburg, whose period of residence at the Home more closely rivaled that of Mrs. Fitzgerald than any other woman. She entered the Home on December 15, 1921, from Scottsburg Masonic lodge number 572.
Mrs. Fitzgerald clearly recalled the steady growth and development of the Home from 1920 to the present time.
When she came here, she said, there were only the main section of the administration building without the wings, one cottage for boys, two girls’ cottages, and the main section of the Eastern Star hospital.
Mrs. Fitzgerald enjoyed reading The Star until her sight began to fail, and she also had been forced to discontinue sewing almost entirely.
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MARRIAGE -
Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993
Isaac M. Fitzgerald MARRIED Caroline L. Condry on 15 Sep 1870 in Jennings Co IN
NOTE - Parents John W. Condrey and Mary E. Gossett per Corine Ruzek Monsen Family Tree
[Provided by Mark McCrady #47714241 and Cathea Curry #47339429]
DEATH CLAIMS RESIDENT AT HOME LONGEST
Mrs. Caroline Fitzgerald, 91, Occupant of Masonic Institution 23 Years, Saw Its Growth From Infancy
Mrs. Caroline Fitzgerald of Indianapolis, oldest resident of the Indiana Masonic Home in point of residence, passed away there Monday. She was 91 last March…. Interment in Greenlawn cemetery.
She had entered the institution on October 17, 1920, from North Park Chaper No. 404, Order of the Eastern Star, of Indianapolis and completed two decades of residence in 1940. She was born March 2, 1852.
“The Indiana Masonic Home is not a home unless residents like myself care to make it home,” she had said when interviewed after completing 20 years’ residence – a two-decade period marked by the death or withdrawal of everyone who was living there at the time of her entrance.
She had established the distinction of not only being the oldest resident of the Masonic Home in the point of residence, but had established a record of having lived at the institution longer than any other resident had ever live there.
Radio Favorite Pastime –
Born and reared in southern Indiana, Mrs. Fitzgerald later moved to the northern part of the state and came to Franklin from Indianapolis, her last home. Her husband, the late Isaac Fitzgerald, who before his death was a farmer, died several months before Mrs. Fitzgerald entered the Home.
The couple had three children, only one of whom is living. She is Mrs. Flora Zedaker, of Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Fitzgerald was the oldest daughter of eight children all of whom are now deceased.
When she first came to the Masonic Home, she worked as best she could, but as years past she began to devote her time to caring for herself and her tidy room in the administration building.
By taking care of herself in her room Mrs. Fitzgerald said her time passed easily. Her favorite hobby was the radio, which furnished her an unestimable amount of enjoyment.
Coming Here Prolonged Life –
Mrs. Fitzgerald gained a host of friends and acquaintances in her 23 years at the Masonic Home, and firmly believes that her coming to Franklin prolonged her life. With the aid of a cane, she could walk about the Home, visiting her many friends there.
One of her closest friends, was Mrs. Anna D. Ervan, age 57, of Scottsburg, whose period of residence at the Home more closely rivaled that of Mrs. Fitzgerald than any other woman. She entered the Home on December 15, 1921, from Scottsburg Masonic lodge number 572.
Mrs. Fitzgerald clearly recalled the steady growth and development of the Home from 1920 to the present time.
When she came here, she said, there were only the main section of the administration building without the wings, one cottage for boys, two girls’ cottages, and the main section of the Eastern Star hospital.
Mrs. Fitzgerald enjoyed reading The Star until her sight began to fail, and she also had been forced to discontinue sewing almost entirely.
-------
MARRIAGE -
Indiana, Select Marriages Index, 1748-1993
Isaac M. Fitzgerald MARRIED Caroline L. Condry on 15 Sep 1870 in Jennings Co IN
NOTE - Parents John W. Condrey and Mary E. Gossett per Corine Ruzek Monsen Family Tree
[Provided by Mark McCrady #47714241 and Cathea Curry #47339429]
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