OBIT: Minnie Visick Frederick, 1936, Ridgway, Elk County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Ramona Mizne Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/pa/elkz.html _________________________________________ Minnie {Visick} Frederick Born: 12 Jan 1872, Mt. Riga, Dutchess Co., New York Died: 29 Jun 1936 Ridgway, Pennsylvania Minnie was a student in the School of Music at the Female Institute of Bucknell. She attended September 1893 - June 1894, September 1894- June 1895. According to the University Catalogue she studied piano, pipe organ, harmony, violin, and mandolin. At the time she was living in Green Ridge, a part of Strong, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County). Minnie married George Frederick on Nov. 6, 1899. The marriage took place in Mt. Carmel, Pennsylvania. They then moved to Ridgway where George had already been employed as a machinist for the Ridgway Dynamo and Engine Company. Minnie was a member of the Elizabeth Early Chapter, Order of Eastern Star. She was also the organist at the Presbyterian Church for many years. Died June 29, 1936 (age 64 years) from colon cancer after a long illness Buried: Sarah Thayer Memorial Cemetery Lot: 132 Section: B 949 Montmorenci Road Ridgway, Pennsylvania (Elk County) 15853 Obituary: From Ridgway Record, June 30, 1936 Minnie D. Frederick, wife of George F. Frederick of 311 Cook Avenue, died at their home last evening. A resident since 1899, funeral services will be held at the residence on July 2 At 2:30 P.M. Burial will be in Thayer Memorial Cemetery. Born in New York State, she came to Ridgway in 1899 as the bride of George Frederick, who had come here being employed previously by the Ridgway Dynamo and Engine Company. She quickly made many friends here because of her many activities and church work, and was organist at the Presbyterian Church for many years. She was a member of the Elizabeth Early Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star and the Presbyterian Church. Surviving, her husband, two brothers, Gifford Visick of Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, and William Visick of Mount Carmel. One sister, Mrs. A.R. Andrews, of Philadelphia. Submitted: Ramona Mizne