Adam Fey and Mary Sophia Ritter married on June 13, 1894 in Rochester, New York. (New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967 for Adam Fey - 1894 Marriage)
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How to Reap a Ripe Old Age
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‘I Do What I Can While I Can’
ADAM FEY had to pay some bills the other day, so he walked all the way downtown from his home at 212 Seward St., completed his business, and walked all the way home. The trip covered approximately five miles.
What’s so unusual about that?
Three months ago, on Sept. 13, Mr. Fey celebrated his 92nd birthday.
Many a younger persons would rebel at the thought of trudging five miles on city sidewalks. Mr. Fey shrugged. “I feel good, so why not walk?”
“As long as I’ve got one foot on a banana peel and one foot in the grave, as they say – when you’re 92, you’re pretty well along in years, you know – I figure I might as well do what I can while I can.”
How do you reap such a long life as Mr. Fey has had?
“It’s difficult to mark down any hard and fast rules,” he says. “You just live each day as you go along. Certainly no one can say, at any given time: “Well, I guess I’ll plan thing so I live to be 90.’ “
***
ALTHOUGH THE German-born nonagenarian, a retired woodworker, credits his good health and longevity to “nothing in particular; I guess that’s just the way things go,” he does have some specific habits that may give a clue.
“I haven’t smoked since 1923. It used to give me headaches, so I gave it up. I take an occasional glass of wine or beer. Just an occasional one.
“Usually I get about 10 hours sleep, and arise at 9 o’clock or a little after. Sometimes I stay up late; when we celebrated my birthday, I didn’t get to bed until 1 o’clock in the morning.
“I’m lucky that I can eat whatever I like. I’ve got a pretty good appetite for an old geezer. I’ve drunk postum ever since World War I when coffee was hard to get.
“I’m susceptible to colds and bronchial ailments, so I have to watch out along that line. I had rheumatism for a while, but it’s gone away, since I retired, or even a little bit before that.
“When I was 86 I had to go to Municipal Hospital because I couldn’t bend my knees. They gave me some injections, and the condition cleared up. And in November, 1957, I was in Strong Memorial for six weeks as the result of a severe cold. But it worked out all right.”
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A MAN WITH wispy white hair, Mr. Fey is slightly hard of hearing, but alert and active. He continues (during the summer months) to cut the grass at his Seward Street home with a hand mower, and he trims the hedge. “It’s not much of a job, really.”
Mr. Fey’s daughter, Mrs. Edna DeVries, a Stromberg-Carlson employe, lives with him in the house he has owned since 1936. Prior to that he lived for 42 years in Linden Street. “I bought the house in 1894 when I got married. It was Yale Street then. The name was changed to Linden during World War I.”
Mr. Fey came to Rochester from Germany in 1888. Over the years as a woodworker he worked for several Rochester Interior Woodworking Co. and John D. Pike Co. For 27 years he was a financial secretary of the Knights of Pythias, and for five years served in the same capacity for Interior Woodworkers Local 231, AFL. He is a long-time member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.
Mr. Fey’s wife died in 1946. In addition to his daughter, he has a son, Ernest, who operates a tire store in University Avenue; a son, Arthur, of Castile, and a son, George, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
NOTE: Although it can not be added to this memorial due to copyright issues, there is a photo attached to this article for interested parties.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
28 Dec 1959, Mon • Page 18
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At 94, First Flight Doesn’t Worry Him
At 94, Adam Fey celebrated upcoming Father’s Day a bit ahead of schedule by boarding a plane for the first time in his long life yesterday.
Nearly blind but otherwise in good health, the long-retired cabinet-maker left Rochester-Monroe County Airport by United Air Lines for Lakeland, Fla., via Tampa.
He’ll settle down in the Carpenters Home at Lakeland, hoping to make new friends in contemporary-age surroundings.
How did he feel before that first flight?
“Kind of hesitated for a spell,” he said. “But I got over it, and now I’m not worried.”
Accompanying Mr. Fey was a grandson, Ralph DeVries of Newton, N. J., a former Eastman Kodak Co. employe who flew here from Jersey for the occasion.
The nonagenarian traveler – who’ll turn 95 in September – lived for years at 212 Seward St. A daughter, Mrs. Edna DeVries, was his housekeeper. They had been together since her mother died in 1936. But last month Edna died.
Mr. Fey went to live with a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Fey of 79 Statford Park, until yesterday’s departure south.
A Carpenters Union member for 63 years, he has two other sons, George of Colorado Springs and Ernest of 94 Walnut Pk. There are 5 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
NOTE: There is a sweet photo of Adam with his grandson attached to this article which, unfortunately, can not be added to this memorial due to copyright issues. Also, his wife, Mary, died in 1946, not 1936.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
13 May 1962, Sun • Page 4
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FEY – Saturday, Dec. 8, 1962, Adam Fey, aged 95, in Carpenter’s Hall, Lakeland, Fla., formerly of 212 Seward St. He is survived by three sons, Ernest and Arthur Fey, Rochester, Geo. Fey, Colorado Springs; five grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Knights of Pythias.
-Friends may call at the George J. Savage Funeral Home, 1080 North Street starting Wednesday from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral services Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
12 Dec 1962, Wed • Page 28
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How to Reap a Ripe Old Age
--------------------------------------
‘I Do What I Can While I Can’
ADAM FEY had to pay some bills the other day, so he walked all the way downtown from his home at 212 Seward St., completed his business, and walked all the way home. The trip covered approximately five miles.
What’s so unusual about that?
Three months ago, on Sept. 13, Mr. Fey celebrated his 92nd birthday.
Many a younger persons would rebel at the thought of trudging five miles on city sidewalks. Mr. Fey shrugged. “I feel good, so why not walk?”
“As long as I’ve got one foot on a banana peel and one foot in the grave, as they say – when you’re 92, you’re pretty well along in years, you know – I figure I might as well do what I can while I can.”
How do you reap such a long life as Mr. Fey has had?
“It’s difficult to mark down any hard and fast rules,” he says. “You just live each day as you go along. Certainly no one can say, at any given time: “Well, I guess I’ll plan thing so I live to be 90.’ “
***
ALTHOUGH THE German-born nonagenarian, a retired woodworker, credits his good health and longevity to “nothing in particular; I guess that’s just the way things go,” he does have some specific habits that may give a clue.
“I haven’t smoked since 1923. It used to give me headaches, so I gave it up. I take an occasional glass of wine or beer. Just an occasional one.
“Usually I get about 10 hours sleep, and arise at 9 o’clock or a little after. Sometimes I stay up late; when we celebrated my birthday, I didn’t get to bed until 1 o’clock in the morning.
“I’m lucky that I can eat whatever I like. I’ve got a pretty good appetite for an old geezer. I’ve drunk postum ever since World War I when coffee was hard to get.
“I’m susceptible to colds and bronchial ailments, so I have to watch out along that line. I had rheumatism for a while, but it’s gone away, since I retired, or even a little bit before that.
“When I was 86 I had to go to Municipal Hospital because I couldn’t bend my knees. They gave me some injections, and the condition cleared up. And in November, 1957, I was in Strong Memorial for six weeks as the result of a severe cold. But it worked out all right.”
***
A MAN WITH wispy white hair, Mr. Fey is slightly hard of hearing, but alert and active. He continues (during the summer months) to cut the grass at his Seward Street home with a hand mower, and he trims the hedge. “It’s not much of a job, really.”
Mr. Fey’s daughter, Mrs. Edna DeVries, a Stromberg-Carlson employe, lives with him in the house he has owned since 1936. Prior to that he lived for 42 years in Linden Street. “I bought the house in 1894 when I got married. It was Yale Street then. The name was changed to Linden during World War I.”
Mr. Fey came to Rochester from Germany in 1888. Over the years as a woodworker he worked for several Rochester Interior Woodworking Co. and John D. Pike Co. For 27 years he was a financial secretary of the Knights of Pythias, and for five years served in the same capacity for Interior Woodworkers Local 231, AFL. He is a long-time member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.
Mr. Fey’s wife died in 1946. In addition to his daughter, he has a son, Ernest, who operates a tire store in University Avenue; a son, Arthur, of Castile, and a son, George, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
NOTE: Although it can not be added to this memorial due to copyright issues, there is a photo attached to this article for interested parties.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
28 Dec 1959, Mon • Page 18
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At 94, First Flight Doesn’t Worry Him
At 94, Adam Fey celebrated upcoming Father’s Day a bit ahead of schedule by boarding a plane for the first time in his long life yesterday.
Nearly blind but otherwise in good health, the long-retired cabinet-maker left Rochester-Monroe County Airport by United Air Lines for Lakeland, Fla., via Tampa.
He’ll settle down in the Carpenters Home at Lakeland, hoping to make new friends in contemporary-age surroundings.
How did he feel before that first flight?
“Kind of hesitated for a spell,” he said. “But I got over it, and now I’m not worried.”
Accompanying Mr. Fey was a grandson, Ralph DeVries of Newton, N. J., a former Eastman Kodak Co. employe who flew here from Jersey for the occasion.
The nonagenarian traveler – who’ll turn 95 in September – lived for years at 212 Seward St. A daughter, Mrs. Edna DeVries, was his housekeeper. They had been together since her mother died in 1936. But last month Edna died.
Mr. Fey went to live with a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Fey of 79 Statford Park, until yesterday’s departure south.
A Carpenters Union member for 63 years, he has two other sons, George of Colorado Springs and Ernest of 94 Walnut Pk. There are 5 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
NOTE: There is a sweet photo of Adam with his grandson attached to this article which, unfortunately, can not be added to this memorial due to copyright issues. Also, his wife, Mary, died in 1946, not 1936.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
13 May 1962, Sun • Page 4
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FEY – Saturday, Dec. 8, 1962, Adam Fey, aged 95, in Carpenter’s Hall, Lakeland, Fla., formerly of 212 Seward St. He is survived by three sons, Ernest and Arthur Fey, Rochester, Geo. Fey, Colorado Springs; five grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Knights of Pythias.
-Friends may call at the George J. Savage Funeral Home, 1080 North Street starting Wednesday from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral services Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
12 Dec 1962, Wed • Page 28
Adam Fey and Mary Sophia Ritter married on June 13, 1894 in Rochester, New York. (New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967 for Adam Fey - 1894 Marriage)
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How to Reap a Ripe Old Age
--------------------------------------
‘I Do What I Can While I Can’
ADAM FEY had to pay some bills the other day, so he walked all the way downtown from his home at 212 Seward St., completed his business, and walked all the way home. The trip covered approximately five miles.
What’s so unusual about that?
Three months ago, on Sept. 13, Mr. Fey celebrated his 92nd birthday.
Many a younger persons would rebel at the thought of trudging five miles on city sidewalks. Mr. Fey shrugged. “I feel good, so why not walk?”
“As long as I’ve got one foot on a banana peel and one foot in the grave, as they say – when you’re 92, you’re pretty well along in years, you know – I figure I might as well do what I can while I can.”
How do you reap such a long life as Mr. Fey has had?
“It’s difficult to mark down any hard and fast rules,” he says. “You just live each day as you go along. Certainly no one can say, at any given time: “Well, I guess I’ll plan thing so I live to be 90.’ “
***
ALTHOUGH THE German-born nonagenarian, a retired woodworker, credits his good health and longevity to “nothing in particular; I guess that’s just the way things go,” he does have some specific habits that may give a clue.
“I haven’t smoked since 1923. It used to give me headaches, so I gave it up. I take an occasional glass of wine or beer. Just an occasional one.
“Usually I get about 10 hours sleep, and arise at 9 o’clock or a little after. Sometimes I stay up late; when we celebrated my birthday, I didn’t get to bed until 1 o’clock in the morning.
“I’m lucky that I can eat whatever I like. I’ve got a pretty good appetite for an old geezer. I’ve drunk postum ever since World War I when coffee was hard to get.
“I’m susceptible to colds and bronchial ailments, so I have to watch out along that line. I had rheumatism for a while, but it’s gone away, since I retired, or even a little bit before that.
“When I was 86 I had to go to Municipal Hospital because I couldn’t bend my knees. They gave me some injections, and the condition cleared up. And in November, 1957, I was in Strong Memorial for six weeks as the result of a severe cold. But it worked out all right.”
***
A MAN WITH wispy white hair, Mr. Fey is slightly hard of hearing, but alert and active. He continues (during the summer months) to cut the grass at his Seward Street home with a hand mower, and he trims the hedge. “It’s not much of a job, really.”
Mr. Fey’s daughter, Mrs. Edna DeVries, a Stromberg-Carlson employe, lives with him in the house he has owned since 1936. Prior to that he lived for 42 years in Linden Street. “I bought the house in 1894 when I got married. It was Yale Street then. The name was changed to Linden during World War I.”
Mr. Fey came to Rochester from Germany in 1888. Over the years as a woodworker he worked for several Rochester Interior Woodworking Co. and John D. Pike Co. For 27 years he was a financial secretary of the Knights of Pythias, and for five years served in the same capacity for Interior Woodworkers Local 231, AFL. He is a long-time member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.
Mr. Fey’s wife died in 1946. In addition to his daughter, he has a son, Ernest, who operates a tire store in University Avenue; a son, Arthur, of Castile, and a son, George, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
NOTE: Although it can not be added to this memorial due to copyright issues, there is a photo attached to this article for interested parties.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
28 Dec 1959, Mon • Page 18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At 94, First Flight Doesn’t Worry Him
At 94, Adam Fey celebrated upcoming Father’s Day a bit ahead of schedule by boarding a plane for the first time in his long life yesterday.
Nearly blind but otherwise in good health, the long-retired cabinet-maker left Rochester-Monroe County Airport by United Air Lines for Lakeland, Fla., via Tampa.
He’ll settle down in the Carpenters Home at Lakeland, hoping to make new friends in contemporary-age surroundings.
How did he feel before that first flight?
“Kind of hesitated for a spell,” he said. “But I got over it, and now I’m not worried.”
Accompanying Mr. Fey was a grandson, Ralph DeVries of Newton, N. J., a former Eastman Kodak Co. employe who flew here from Jersey for the occasion.
The nonagenarian traveler – who’ll turn 95 in September – lived for years at 212 Seward St. A daughter, Mrs. Edna DeVries, was his housekeeper. They had been together since her mother died in 1936. But last month Edna died.
Mr. Fey went to live with a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Fey of 79 Statford Park, until yesterday’s departure south.
A Carpenters Union member for 63 years, he has two other sons, George of Colorado Springs and Ernest of 94 Walnut Pk. There are 5 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
NOTE: There is a sweet photo of Adam with his grandson attached to this article which, unfortunately, can not be added to this memorial due to copyright issues. Also, his wife, Mary, died in 1946, not 1936.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
13 May 1962, Sun • Page 4
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FEY – Saturday, Dec. 8, 1962, Adam Fey, aged 95, in Carpenter’s Hall, Lakeland, Fla., formerly of 212 Seward St. He is survived by three sons, Ernest and Arthur Fey, Rochester, Geo. Fey, Colorado Springs; five grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Knights of Pythias.
-Friends may call at the George J. Savage Funeral Home, 1080 North Street starting Wednesday from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral services Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
12 Dec 1962, Wed • Page 28
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How to Reap a Ripe Old Age
--------------------------------------
‘I Do What I Can While I Can’
ADAM FEY had to pay some bills the other day, so he walked all the way downtown from his home at 212 Seward St., completed his business, and walked all the way home. The trip covered approximately five miles.
What’s so unusual about that?
Three months ago, on Sept. 13, Mr. Fey celebrated his 92nd birthday.
Many a younger persons would rebel at the thought of trudging five miles on city sidewalks. Mr. Fey shrugged. “I feel good, so why not walk?”
“As long as I’ve got one foot on a banana peel and one foot in the grave, as they say – when you’re 92, you’re pretty well along in years, you know – I figure I might as well do what I can while I can.”
How do you reap such a long life as Mr. Fey has had?
“It’s difficult to mark down any hard and fast rules,” he says. “You just live each day as you go along. Certainly no one can say, at any given time: “Well, I guess I’ll plan thing so I live to be 90.’ “
***
ALTHOUGH THE German-born nonagenarian, a retired woodworker, credits his good health and longevity to “nothing in particular; I guess that’s just the way things go,” he does have some specific habits that may give a clue.
“I haven’t smoked since 1923. It used to give me headaches, so I gave it up. I take an occasional glass of wine or beer. Just an occasional one.
“Usually I get about 10 hours sleep, and arise at 9 o’clock or a little after. Sometimes I stay up late; when we celebrated my birthday, I didn’t get to bed until 1 o’clock in the morning.
“I’m lucky that I can eat whatever I like. I’ve got a pretty good appetite for an old geezer. I’ve drunk postum ever since World War I when coffee was hard to get.
“I’m susceptible to colds and bronchial ailments, so I have to watch out along that line. I had rheumatism for a while, but it’s gone away, since I retired, or even a little bit before that.
“When I was 86 I had to go to Municipal Hospital because I couldn’t bend my knees. They gave me some injections, and the condition cleared up. And in November, 1957, I was in Strong Memorial for six weeks as the result of a severe cold. But it worked out all right.”
***
A MAN WITH wispy white hair, Mr. Fey is slightly hard of hearing, but alert and active. He continues (during the summer months) to cut the grass at his Seward Street home with a hand mower, and he trims the hedge. “It’s not much of a job, really.”
Mr. Fey’s daughter, Mrs. Edna DeVries, a Stromberg-Carlson employe, lives with him in the house he has owned since 1936. Prior to that he lived for 42 years in Linden Street. “I bought the house in 1894 when I got married. It was Yale Street then. The name was changed to Linden during World War I.”
Mr. Fey came to Rochester from Germany in 1888. Over the years as a woodworker he worked for several Rochester Interior Woodworking Co. and John D. Pike Co. For 27 years he was a financial secretary of the Knights of Pythias, and for five years served in the same capacity for Interior Woodworkers Local 231, AFL. He is a long-time member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church.
Mr. Fey’s wife died in 1946. In addition to his daughter, he has a son, Ernest, who operates a tire store in University Avenue; a son, Arthur, of Castile, and a son, George, of Colorado Springs, Colo.
NOTE: Although it can not be added to this memorial due to copyright issues, there is a photo attached to this article for interested parties.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
28 Dec 1959, Mon • Page 18
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At 94, First Flight Doesn’t Worry Him
At 94, Adam Fey celebrated upcoming Father’s Day a bit ahead of schedule by boarding a plane for the first time in his long life yesterday.
Nearly blind but otherwise in good health, the long-retired cabinet-maker left Rochester-Monroe County Airport by United Air Lines for Lakeland, Fla., via Tampa.
He’ll settle down in the Carpenters Home at Lakeland, hoping to make new friends in contemporary-age surroundings.
How did he feel before that first flight?
“Kind of hesitated for a spell,” he said. “But I got over it, and now I’m not worried.”
Accompanying Mr. Fey was a grandson, Ralph DeVries of Newton, N. J., a former Eastman Kodak Co. employe who flew here from Jersey for the occasion.
The nonagenarian traveler – who’ll turn 95 in September – lived for years at 212 Seward St. A daughter, Mrs. Edna DeVries, was his housekeeper. They had been together since her mother died in 1936. But last month Edna died.
Mr. Fey went to live with a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O. Fey of 79 Statford Park, until yesterday’s departure south.
A Carpenters Union member for 63 years, he has two other sons, George of Colorado Springs and Ernest of 94 Walnut Pk. There are 5 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
NOTE: There is a sweet photo of Adam with his grandson attached to this article which, unfortunately, can not be added to this memorial due to copyright issues. Also, his wife, Mary, died in 1946, not 1936.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
13 May 1962, Sun • Page 4
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FEY – Saturday, Dec. 8, 1962, Adam Fey, aged 95, in Carpenter’s Hall, Lakeland, Fla., formerly of 212 Seward St. He is survived by three sons, Ernest and Arthur Fey, Rochester, Geo. Fey, Colorado Springs; five grandchildren; fourteen great-grandchildren. He was a member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church and Knights of Pythias.
-Friends may call at the George J. Savage Funeral Home, 1080 North Street starting Wednesday from 2-5 and 7-9 p.m. Funeral services Thursday morning at 10 o’clock. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, New York
12 Dec 1962, Wed • Page 28
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