Donald Joseph Fry1,2,3

M, b. April 4, 1920, d. April 27, 1989
     His Social Security Number was 377-24-3162.4 Donald Joseph Fry was born on April 4, 1920 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.4,2,3 He married Mary Elizabeth Engelman, daughter of Morton Valentine Engelman and Gladys Vivian Holt, on May 21, 1954 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.1,5 Donald Joseph Fry died on April 27, 1989 at Dearborn, Wayne Co., Michigan, at age 69.4,3

Family

Mary Elizabeth Engelman b. February 23, 1922, d. December 30, 1998
Marriage*He married Mary Elizabeth Engelman, daughter of Morton Valentine Engelman and Gladys Vivian Holt, on May 21, 1954 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.1,5 
Children
  • Ronald Fry1
  • James Fry1
  • Kathleen Fry1

Citations

  1. [S1761] Detroit Free Press, From the Mary Engelman Fry obituary in the Jan 1, 1999 edition.
  2. [S3706] 1926–1975, RG 147. The National Archives at Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia Records of the Selective Service System, U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947.
  3. [S918] Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996.
  4. [S9] Unknown subject, unknown file number, SSDI, U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File.
  5. [S8764] FamilySearch Family Tree - Morton Engelman, online https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9321-GZX

Lucille Theresa Theisen1,2,3,4

F, b. December 24, 1928, d. February 9, 2007
     Lucille Theresa Theisen was buried at Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Higginsville, 20109 Business Highway 13, Higginsville, Lafayette Co., Missouri.5,4 Her Social Security Number was 369-26-7165.3 She was born on December 24, 1928 at Highland Park, Wayne Co., Michigan.1,5,3,4 As of August 25, 1951,her married name was Engelman.1 She married Dr. Joseph Aloysius Engelman, son of Morton Valentine Engelman and Gladys Vivian Holt, on August 25, 1951 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.1,2,4 Lucille Theresa Theisen died on February 9, 2007 at Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, at age 78.5,3,4 She Lucille Theresa Theisen Engelman, 79, died peacefully while listening to "Messiah" on Friday, Feb. 9, 2007. Graveside service will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 16, at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Higginsville. There will be a memorial service for Lucille and Joseph Engelman at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Newman Center, 701 Maryland Ave. in Columbia. Her husband, Joseph A. Engelman, who preceded her departure by 18 months, was her true love and best friend. Together, they raised seven children; Michael, Thomas, Robert, Daniel, Peter, Jane and Stephen. Lucille and Joseph's children have given them 14 grandchildren. Lucille was born on Christmas Eve, 1928, to John Eusebius Theisen and Mary Elizabeth St. Germain in Highland Park, Mich., along with siblings John, Frank and Margaret. She attended St. Brigid School and Immaculata High School, Archdiocese of Detroit; worked for General Motors Corp. during World War II; and attended the University of Detroit's College of Commerce and Finance, earning a certificate in secretarial science in 1948. She married Joseph A. Engelman on Aug. 25, 1951, in Detroit. They lived in Whitmore Lake, Mich., for three years, then in Ann Arbor, Mich., for seven years as Joseph practiced dentistry. They moved to St. Louis in 1963, so Joseph could complete a master's degree at Washington University's School of Dental Medicine. After Joseph's graduation, they moved to Columbia, where they would work and live for the rest of their lives. Lucille often worked in Joseph's office. Supporting her husband, his practice, their home, garden and children were burdens that were always light for her. She cultivated in all an interest and love of the arts, be they written, sung or viewed. She dragged her children to countless performances and exhibits at museums, concert halls and outdoor venues. She insisted on strict adherence to audience protocol at concerts and required that they stop at each painting or exhibit in museums and read the adjoining card of information about the piece. Museum "express tours" were not permitted. Her children would later realize that these experiences had brought a rich texture to their lives. Music was her special passion, with a penchant toward traditional folk and folk related music, but Handel's "Messiah" was her favorite. She might have listened to the "Messiah" more times than anyone on Earth, beginning to play it for the holidays sometime in mid-September and stopping sometime in March. Lucille loved the fact that her children all played musical instruments, and she loved a good marching band. She would sing incessantly, accompanied or not. Her voice was so strong that she successfully covered her children's cacophonous bellowing in church, much to her pleasure. She was the glue that kept her seven children and husband from spinning out of control and remaining a real family unit for years. Subtle and always courteous and understated, she made no negative waves, instead smoothing the waters for all. She would bring her family down to earth, keeping them grounded with comments such as "No one is looking at you" if they became too ostentatious or self-important. She required that everyone get along and that her children get along with everyone noting that, "We are all related out in the bush somewhere." She was deceptively wise but always curious - never "in the know," always "in the mystery". She championed the "Mystery Trip," an outing where the children would be unaware of the final destination. It was risky business to be certain, the kids not knowing whether they were going to an apple orchard or a performance of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. A realist, she never liked Mother Goose or "The Wind in the Willows," maintaining that "animals don't talk." She taught us to cook, sew, clean, do the laundry and make our own medical appointments at a young age, espousing self-reliance and insisting that everyone needs to know how to take care of themselves. In fact, she went back to school in her 50s, finishing her Bachelor of Arts at Stephens College in 1985, to, as she would say, "remain competitive" in the event that she would need to become the bread-winner. She loved the outdoors, flowers, plants and wildlife, insisting that wildflowers not be picked so that they could further prosper so that others could enjoy them. When her children were younger and troubled, she held their hands and pointed out flowers and leaves. In the Christmas snow, she would hang grapevine wreaths and flowers on the neighbor widow's fence. Every flower, every fruit was a marvel. Late in life, she developed Alzheimer's disease. Still a day was not wasted that was spent driving the country roads in search of wildflowers growing in farmers' fields. Life was an opportunity to do something beautiful, something kind. She had a practice of quietly whispering with joy and relief when turning off the country road into her gravel drive toward her home in the woods overlooking a small pond, "Here we are." And at night she loved to fall asleep to the sounds of "Messiah." A kind soul who will be dearly missed, all of us and the Earth are a better place for having had her here, if for even a short time. on February 14, 2007.4

Family

Dr. Joseph Aloysius Engelman b. April 5, 1925, d. September 3, 2005
Marriage*She married Dr. Joseph Aloysius Engelman, son of Morton Valentine Engelman and Gladys Vivian Holt, on August 25, 1951 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.1,2,4 
Children
  • Michael Engelman2,4
  • Thomas Engelman2,4
  • Robert Engelman2,4
  • Daniel Engelman2,4
  • Peter Engelman2,4
  • Jane Engelman2,4
  • Stephen Engelman2,4

Citations

  1. [S5262] Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
  2. [S7621] Columbia Daily Tribune, From the Joseph Aloysius Engelman obituary in the Sep 6, 2005 edition.
  3. [S5223] Social Security Administration, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007.
  4. [S7621] Columbia Daily Tribune, From the Lucille Theresa Theisen Engelman obituary in the Feb 14, 2007 edition.
  5. [S8765] Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Higginsville, Lafayette Co., MO, online www.findagrave.com.

Frank Reynolds1,2

M, b. March 8, 1914, d. March 28, 1990
     His Social Security Number was 021-07-5740.3 Frank Reynolds was born on March 8, 1914 at Boston, Massachusetts.1,3,2 He married Norma Frances Engelman, daughter of Morton Valentine Engelman and Gladys Vivian Holt, on August 16, 1965 at Warren, Macomb Co., Michigan.1 Frank Reynolds died on March 28, 1990 at Warren, Macomb Co., Michigan, at age 76.1,3,2

Family

Norma Frances Engelman b. April 5, 1927, d. January 4, 2013
Marriage*He married Norma Frances Engelman, daughter of Morton Valentine Engelman and Gladys Vivian Holt, on August 16, 1965 at Warren, Macomb Co., Michigan.1 

Citations

  1. [S8764] FamilySearch Family Tree - Morton Engelman, online https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9321-GZX
  2. [S918] Michigan Department of Vital and Health Records, Michigan Death Index, 1971-1996.
  3. [S9] Unknown subject, unknown file number, SSDI, U.S. Social Security Administrations Death Master File.

William Robert Engelman M.D.1,2,3

M, b. December 20, 1932, d. May 11, 2018
FatherMorton Valentine Engelman2,3 b. January 4, 1895, d. October 16, 1979
MotherGladys Vivian Holt2,3 b. July 18, 1899, d. August 9, 1988
     William Robert Engelman M.D. was buried at Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery, Southfield, Oakland Co., Michigan.3 He was born on December 20, 1932 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.3 He married Greta L. Faubert on September 16, 1961.3 William Robert Engelman M.D. died on May 11, 2018 at Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan, at age 85.3 He Engelman MD, William R. Saginaw Twp., Michigan Beloved husband, father and grandfather passed away Friday, May 11, 2018 at Covenant HealthCare Cooper Campus. Age 85 years. Son of the late Morton and Gladys (Holt) Engelman, William was born December 20, 1932 in Detroit, Michigan. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He married Greta L. Faubert on September 16, 1961. She survives him. William graduated from the University of Detroit with a BS and DDS Degrees and Wayne State University with his MD in 1966. He started his medical office in Saginaw in 1971 and retired in 1998. William was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, American Medical Association, Saginaw County Medical Society and Saginaw Surgical Society. He enjoyed reading, ice skating, ice hockey, coaching hockey and especially spending time with his family. Surviving besides his wife Greta are one daughter and three sons, William T. Engelman, Detroit; Laura and Tim Britain, Kalamazoo; David Engelman, Brooklyn, NY; Matthew and Claudia Engelman, Round Rock, Texas; four grandchildren, Sarah Britain, Ryan Britain, Linda Engelman and Ivan Engelman; his sister Vivian Ben, LaCrescenta, California; many nieces and nephews. William was preceded in death by his daughter, Linda Marie Engelman, two brothers and two sisters, Mary Fry, John Engelman, Joseph Engelman and Norma Reynolds. Funeral Liturgy will take place 11:00 a.m. Wednesday May 16, 2018 at Holy Family Catholic Church, 1525 S. Washington, Saginaw. Rev. Fr. William Taylor will officiate. Military Services conducted by V.F.W. Post #1859 will take place after the Mass. Honoring Dr. Engelman's wishes cremation will follow with burial of cremains in Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery in Southfield, Michigan. on May 12, 2018.3

Family

Greta L. Faubert
Marriage*He married Greta L. Faubert on September 16, 1961.3 
Children
  • William T. Engelman3
  • Laura Engelman3
  • David Engelman3
  • Matthew Engelman3
  • Linda Marie Engelman3

Citations

  1. [S1761] Detroit Free Press, From the Mary Engelman Fry obituary in the Jan 1, 1999 edition.
  2. [S7621] Columbia Daily Tribune, From the Joseph Aloysius Engelman obituary in the Sep 6, 2005 edition.
  3. [S5751] Saginaw News, From the William R. Engelman obituary in the May 12, 2018 edition.

Yolanda Eloise Montagne1

F, b. May 21, 1930, d. December 2, 2003
     Yolanda Eloise Montagne was born on May 21, 1930 at Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.1,2 As of February 23, 1949,her married name was Engelman.1 She married John Morton Engelman, son of Morton Valentine Engelman and Gladys Vivian Holt, on February 23, 1949 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.1 Yolanda Eloise Montagne and John Morton Engelman were divorced in May, 1967 at Orange Co., California.3 Yolanda Eloise Montagne died on December 2, 2003 at Garden Grove, Orange Co., California, at age 73.2

Family

John Morton Engelman b. December 18, 1923, d. April 9, 2012
Marriage*She married John Morton Engelman, son of Morton Valentine Engelman and Gladys Vivian Holt, on February 23, 1949 at Detroit, Wayne Co., Michigan.1 
Divorce* Yolanda Eloise Montagne and John Morton Engelman were divorced in May, 1967 at Orange Co., California.3 
Children
  • Joanne Mary Engelman4
  • Julie Ann Engelman4
  • John Arthur Engelman4
  • Joseph Morton Engelman4

Citations

  1. [S5262] Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics Michigan Department of Community Health, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952.
  2. [S8764] FamilySearch Family Tree - Morton Engelman, online https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9321-GZX
  3. [S1493] California Center for Health Statistics, California Divorce Index, 1966-1984.
  4. [S908] California Center for Health Statistics, California Birth Index, 1905-1995.

Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Roseth1

F, b. July 18, 1933, d. August, 2019
     Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Roseth was born on July 18, 1933 at Lily, Day Co., South Dakota.1 As of May 17, 1968,her married name was Engelman.2 She married John Morton Engelman, son of Morton Valentine Engelman and Gladys Vivian Holt, on May 17, 1968 at Carson City, Douglas Co., Nevada.2 Elizabeth Jane "Betty" Roseth died in August, 2019 at Sacramento Co., California, at age 86.1

Family

John Morton Engelman b. December 18, 1923, d. April 9, 2012
Marriage*She married John Morton Engelman, son of Morton Valentine Engelman and Gladys Vivian Holt, on May 17, 1968 at Carson City, Douglas Co., Nevada.2 

Citations

  1. [S8764] FamilySearch Family Tree - Morton Engelman, online https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9321-GZX
  2. [S6000] Carson City Recorder's Office, Carson City, Nevada, Marriage Index, 1855-1985.