Fiegenbaum, John Henry: Fiegenbaum Family Database

1901 - 1981 (80 years)

Generation: 1

Fiegenbaum, John Henry was born 7 May 1901, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 11 Jun 1981, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 13 Jun 1981, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

Other Events:

Census: May 1910, North Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA
Census: Jan 1920, Washington Township, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA
Moved To: Abt Jun 1927, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Census:
According to the 1910 U.S. enumeration, John Fiegenbaum, age 9 and in school, lived on a farm with his parents, William Fiegenbaum (age 48) and Henrietta Fiegenbaum (age 37), and his three siblings: Martin Fiegenbaum (age 15), in school; Emma Fiegenbaum (age 12), in school; and Edwin Fiegenbaum (age 5).

Census:
According to the 1920 U.S. enumeration, John Fiegebam [sic], age 18, lived on a farm with his parents, W. Fiegebam [sic], a 57 year old farmer, and Henryetta Fiegebam [sic], age 46, and his brother, Edwin Fiegebam [sic] (age 15).

Buried:
The funeral service (2:00 p.m.) was at Zion United Church of Christ, Mayview, Missouri. Rev. Gerald I. Nolte officiated. Casket bearers were David Riekhof, Wayne Hoefer, Nathan Riekhof, Eric Fiegenbaum, J. Mark Fiegenbaum, and Darrell Fiegenbaum. Wiegers Funeral Home of Higginsville, Missouri made the arrangements. Burial was at Zion United Church of Christ cemetery.

John married Maun, Katherine Margarete 14 May 1924, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. Katherine (daughter of Maun, Johann Wilhelm and Block, Dorothea Anna) was born 25 May 1898, Wellington, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 7 Aug 1985, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried , Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Children:

2. Fiegenbaum, J. W. was born 25 Dec 1924, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA; died 13 Jan 2010, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried 15 Jan 2010, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA.
3. Fiegenbaum, Dorothy Lorraine was born 13 Sep 1926, Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA; died 21 Jun 2003, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 24 Jun 2003, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.
4. Fiegenbaum, Henry Martin was born 4 May 1930, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 6 Oct 1990, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 10 Oct 1990, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

Generation: 2

Fiegenbaum, J. W.

(1.John¹) was born 25 Dec 1924, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA; died 13 Jan 2010, Amherst, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried 15 Jan 2010, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA.

Other Events:

Baptism: 29 Nov 1925, Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA
Moved To: Abt Jun 1927, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA
Confirmation: 2 Apr 1939, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA
Graduation: 19 May 1943, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA
Military Service: From 1944 to 1946; Address:
Asiatic Pacific Theater
Graduation: 1950, Springfield, Greene County, Missouri, USA; Address:
Drury College
Graduation: 1953, Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA; Address:
Eden Theological Seminary
Ordaination: 27 Sep 1953, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA
Residence: From 1962 to 1968, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Moved To: 1969, South Hadley, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
Degree: 6 Nov 1973, Montréal, Québec, Canada; Address:
McGill University

Notes:

Birth:
Due to a error in an early photocopy of his birth certificate, J W's birth date is often recorded on official documents during the early part of his life as February 3, 1925. This date is not correct.

Baptism:
J. W. was baptized in the First Presbyterian Church of Miami, Oklahoma. Harry W. Curtis was the minister. No witnesses signed the certificate.

Confirmation:
J. W. was confirmed in Zions Evangelical Church (the Evangelical and Reformed denomination).

Graduation:
J. graduated from Mayview High School.

Military Service:

     J. was inducted into the U.S. Army on 10 November 1944 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He received his infantry basic training and military law enforcement training at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, North Little Rock, Arkansas. Serving as a Tec 5 in the 275th Military Police Service Company, he embarked on the USS General H. B. Freeman on 1 June 1945 from Riverside, California and arrived on 10 July 1945 at Calcutta, India. His assignments also took him to Karachi, India; Kandy, Ceylon; and Shanghai, China. He arrived back in San Francisco, California aboard the U.S.A.T. David Shanks on 27 August 1946. J. was honorably discharged at Fort Sheridan, Illinois on 25 October 1946.

Graduation:
J. earned an A.B degree (magna cum laude) in Bible, Religion and, Philosophy and History. Drury College is now known as Drury University.

Graduation:
J. earned a B. D. degree.

Ordaination:
J. was ordained into the Evangelical and Reformed Church. The ceremony took place at Zion E & R Church in Mayview, Missouri, the congregation in which he had grown up.

Residence:

     In the summer of 1962, the family moved from Elmhurst, Illinois to 6211 Monkland Avenue, in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce district of Montreal. J. W. began work on a master's degree in comparative religion at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University.
     The following academic year, in order for the family to survive on a severely reduced income, J. remained alone in Montreal while his wife and children lived for a year with his parents on their farm in Lafayette County, Missouri.
     From late summer 1964 to the summer of 1968, the reunited family lived at 3719 Hutchison Street, just north of Prince Arthur Street. J. worked on his studies for the Ph.D. program at the Institute of Islamic Studies, while his children also pursued their education in the local schools. Dorothy worked at the McGill University library and was the chief bread-winner.

Moved To:

     While working in Chicago for Encyclopedia Britannica, J. sought a collegiate teaching position and won a place in the Department of Religion at Mount Holyoke College. In the summer of 1969, the family moved itself to New England. J returned to being a professor. Dorothy, his wife, took a position in the college library. And the members of the family came to terms with the notion of stability in their futures.

Degree:
J. earned a Ph.D. for his work in comparative religion with emphasis in Islamic Studies from the Institute of Islamic Studies at McGill University.

Died:

     J. W. died very early in the morning in his sleep at his home at 111 Mill Lane. The following obituary was published in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, of Northampton, Massachusetts, on Friday, 15 January 2010.

     J.W. Fiegenbaum, minister, Mount Holyoke College professor

     AMHERST - J.W. Fiegenbaum died on Jan. 13, 2010, at his home in Amherst, after a period of failing health.
     J. was born on Dec. 25, 1924, in Tulsa, Okla., the eldest child of John Henry and Katherine Margaret (Maun) Fiegenbaum. He was raised on his family's farm in Lafayette County, Mo., and received his early education in the rural schools, graduating from Mayview High School, Mayview, Mo., in 1943. He was inducted into the U.S. Army in 1944, received infantry basic training and instruction in military law enforcement at Camp Robinson, Ark., and served in the South East Asia Command at Kandi, Ceylon; Karachi and Calcutta, India; and Shanghai, China. Following World War II, J. attended Mission House College, Wis., and earned a B.A. from Drury College, Mo., in 1950. In 1953, he was awarded a B.D. from Eden Theological Seminary, Mo., and was ordained for the Christian ministry by the Evangelical and Reformed denomination at Zion Church, Mayview, Mo. He continued his studies at Northwestern University in Illinois, the American University in Cairo, Egypt and earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in comparative religion with special emphasis on Islam at the Institute of Islamic Studies, McGill University, Quebec. In 1967, he was the recipient of a Fulbright grant. As a minister of the Evangelical and Reformed and United Church of Christ denominations, J. served churches at Washington, Mo.; Biloxi, Miss.; as the first chaplain of Elmhurst College in Illinois; and at Genoa and Glenview, Ill. He retired in 1984 as pastor emeritus of the United Church of Pelham.
     In addition to his work as a pastoral minister, J. was a committed educator. He was an associate editor of religion for Encyclopedia Britannica III in Chicago, Ill., and regularly contributed book reviews to Choice (ALA) magazine. He was a tenured member of the faculty at Elmhurst College; taught at Concordia University, Quebec; retired in 1990 from Mount Holyoke College as professor emeritus of religion; and was a Scholar in Residence at Eden Theological Seminary.
     He was preceded in death by his brother, Henry M. Fiegenbaum; his sister, Dorothy L. (Fiegenbaum) Riekhof; and his first wife, Dorothy M. (Gerber) Fiegenbaum. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Keyes, of Amherst; his son, J. Mark Fiegenbaum, of South Hadley; his son, Eric N. Fiegenbaum and his wife, Linda S. Heath, of Madbury, N.H.; his daughter, Karen J. McLean Fiegenbaum and her husband, Peter W. Fiegenbaum McLean, of Northampton; and his stepson, Daniel F. Correia, of Belchertown. He is also survived by granddaughters, Katherine Heath Fiegenbaum, Hannah A. McLean Fiegenbaum and Charlotte J. McLean Fiegenbaum.
     Burial will be a private affair for immediate family at Valley Cemetery in Pelham. A memorial service will be held at the First Congregational Church, South Hadley, on Jan. 30, at 1 p.m.
     In lieu of flowers, gifts of remembrance may be made to Friends of Sabeel-North America (PO Box 9186, Portland, Oregon 97207; http://www.fosna.org/) or the First Congregational Church, 1 Church St., South Hadley 01075. Obituary and register are available at www.douglassfuneral.com.

J. married Gerber, Dorothy May 8 Jun 1952, Webster Groves, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA. Dorothy (daughter of Gerber, Louis August and Brockmeyer, Charlotte Caroline Christine) was born 23 Oct 1927, St. Louis, Missouri, USA; died 23 Jul 1989, Holyoke, Hampden County, Massachusetts, USA; was buried 26 Jul 1989, Pelham, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

Children:

J. married Keyes, Patricia (daughter of Hannigan, Thomas J. and Keyes, Eunice) [Group Sheet]

Fiegenbaum, Dorothy Lorraine

(1.John¹) was born 13 Sep 1926, Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA; died 21 Jun 2003, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 24 Jun 2003, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

Other Events:

Moved To: Abt Jun 1927, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Buried:
Funeral services were held on Tuesday, 24 June 2003 at 10:00 am at Salem United Church of Christ in Higginsville, Missouri; and grave side at Salem Cemetery, Higginsville.

Died:
Dorothy died at her home at John Knox Village.

The following obituary was published in the Higginsville Advance, of Higginsville, Missouri, on Wednesday, 25 June 2003.

Dorothy Lorraine Riekhof
Sept. 13, 1926 - June 21, 2003

     Dorothy Lorraine Riekhof, 76, of Higginsville, died Saturday, June 21, 2003 at her home.
     She was born Sept. 13, 1926 in Miami, Okla., the daughter of John Henry Fiegenbaum and Katherine Margaret (Maun) Fiegenbaum.
     On May 5, 1950 she married Richard Q. Riekhof.
     She was a former schoolteacher and later worked as a Nurse's Aid at the Higginsville Habilitation Center, retiring in 1991. She lived in the Higginsville area all of her life. she was a member of Salem United church of Christ in Higginsville, the Southside Club and Circle #2 of the Women's Fellowship of Salem UCC.
     She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Richard on March 29, 2000 and a brother.
     Survivors include five sons, David (Nancy) Riekhof of Floyd Knobs, Ind., Nathan Riekhof of Higginsville, Aaron (Deborah) Riekhof of Lee's Summit, Adlai (Rhonda) Riekhof of St. Joseph and Jon (Debi) Riekhof of Franklin; one daughter, Brenda (Curtis) Langewisch of Higginsville; one brother, Dr. J. W. Fiegenbaum of South Hampton, Mass.; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
     Visitation was held on Monday, June 23 from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Hoefer Funeral Home.
     Funeral services were held on Tuesday, June 24 at 10 a.m. at Salem United Church of Christ in Higginsville with Rev. Dr. Isaiah Muita officiating. Organist was Doris Jane Stoner. Burial was in Salem Cemetery in Higginsville.
     Pallbearers were David Riekhof, Aaron Riekhof, Jon Riekhof, Nathan Riekhof, Adlai Riekhof and Curtis Langewisch.
     Memorial contributions may be made to Salem United Church of Christ or Kansas City Hospice.

Dorothy married Riekhof, Richard Quentin 5 May 1950, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. Richard (son of Riekhof, Edwin Fredrick and Tempel, Matilda Augusta) was born 2 Apr 1928, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 29 Mar 2000, Missouri, USA; was buried 2 Apr 2000, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet]

Children:

Fiegenbaum, Henry Martin

(1.John¹) was born 4 May 1930, Higginsville, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; died 6 Oct 1990, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA; was buried 10 Oct 1990, Mayview, Lafayette County, Missouri, USA.

Notes:

Buried:
The funeral service was at Zion United Church of Christ in Mayview, Missouri at 10:30 a.m. Rev. John Dorhauer led the service. Burial was at Zion Church Cemetery. Wiegers Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Died:
Henry died at his home.

Henry married Schmutz, Mary Ellen (daughter of Schmutz, Sylvan Louis and Matthews, Mary Esther) [Group Sheet]

Children: