Kay Irvin Fenstermacher and Rose Budd Nickell

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Husband Kay Irvin Fenstermacher

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           Born: 26 Jan 1924 - Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA
       Baptized: 
           Died: 21 May 1996 - Myrtle Beach, Horry County, SC
         Buried: 
FamilySearch ID: GVXG-S6Y

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         Father: Arthur Edward Fenstermacher {FSID: GMMF-ZJS}
         Mother: Helen Marie Gable {FSID: GMMX-BR9, FGID: 128647594}

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       Marriage: 24 Nov 1945

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   Other Spouse: Sandra O. ? {FSID: GVXL-KDB}

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Wife Rose Budd Nickell

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           Born: 1 Oct 1924 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
       Baptized: 
           Died: 25 Feb 2015 - Altoona, Blair County, PA
         Buried:  - Spring Creek Cemetery, Hershey, Dauphin County, PA
Find A Grave ID: 143052620

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Children

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1 M ? Fenstermacher

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           Born: 7 Jul 1948 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
       Baptized: 
           Died: 7 Jul 1948 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA
         Buried: 

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2 M Bruce K. Fenstermacher

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           Born: Cir 1950
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Sue Ann Diefenderfer {FGID: 191389275}

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3 M Drew S. Fenstermacher

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           Born: Cir 1955
       Baptized: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Dianna L. ?

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General Notes: Husband - Kay Irvin Fenstermacher

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https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GVXG-S6Y
"Birth
26 January 1924
Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, United States
Death
21 May 1996
South Carolina, United States"

https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/kay-irvin-fenstermacher-24-6l36f2
"Birth
26 Jan 1924 - Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
21 May 1996 - Myrtle Beach, Horry, South Carolina, USA
Mother
Myrtle C Bushey
Father
Thomas H Green
Born in Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA on 26 Jan 1924 to Thomas H Green and Myrtle C Bushey. Kay Irvin Fenstermacher had 2 children. He passed away on 21 May 1996 in Myrtle Beach, Horry, South Carolina, USA."

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General Notes: Wife - Rose Budd Nickell

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143052620/rose-budd-fenstermacher

BIRTH
1 Oct 1922
Pennsylvania, USA
DEATH
25 Feb 2015 (aged 92)
Pennsylvania, USA
BURIAL
Spring Creek Cemetery
Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA
MEMORIAL ID
143052620

Rose Budd Fenstermacher, 92, of Pleasant Gap, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, at UPMC of Altoona.

Born October 1, 1922 in Philadelphia, she was the daughter of the late James Madison and Mary Louise Williams Nickell. She married Lt. Kay Irvin Fenstermacher, on November 24, 1945, who preceded her in death on May 21, 1996.

She is survived by two children, Bruce K. Fenstermacher and his wife, Sue, of Allentown, Drew S. Fenstermacher and his wife, Dianna, of State College, four grandchildren, Kristen Fenstermacher, Julee Owlett and her husband, Matt, Scott Fenstermacher and his wife, Kathryn, Todd Fenstermacher, three great grandchildren, Daniel, Emma Rose and Judah Owlett and one niece Jennifer Nickell. She was preceded in death by a brother, Charles Nickell and a sister Margaret Miller.

Rose Budd was a 1941 graduate of Upper Darby High School. She attended the Philadelphia Museum School of Art.

She was a Sgt. in the U.S. Army in World War II, stationed at Camp Patrick Henry, Virginia. She worked in the Army Hospital directly with the wounded as they returned from Atlantic and Pacific Campaigns using her skills as an Artist doing physical therapy. After WWII she continued to work with WWII wounded at Valley Forge General Hospital, Valley Forge, as a member of the American Red Cross.

Rose Budd taught art for many years in West Chester. She taught grade school art, adult night school, private adult art classes and landscape adult classes. She was a teacher and board member of the Chester County Art Association and also the executive director for the Chester County Art Association, both of West Chester.

She retired as an Interior Designer working from 1963-1988 employed by the Chester County Hospital, West Chester and additional hospitals in Philadelphia, Norristown, Delaware and Lock Haven and residential and commercial clients in West Chester, Philadelphia and Indiana as well as churches in West Chester and Wabash, Indiana.

She was commissioned to paint a ceiling panel in the Senate Conference Room of the State Capital Building in Harrisburg. She also did wall murals at Hershey Medical Center and designed and painted stage back drops, murals in private homes, portraits and commercial design projects.

She attended the Faith Baptist Church in State College. She was honored and loved by all.

Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. on Friday, February 27, 2015 at Koch Funeral Home, 2401 S. Atherton Street, State College. A visitation will be held at the Faith Baptist Church from 10-11 a.m. prior to the funeral service on Saturday, February 28, 2015.

Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at the Faith Baptist Church, 647 Valley Vista Drive, State College, with the Reverend Drew S. Fenstermacher, her son, officiating.

Burial will be in Spring Creek Cemetery

Created by: D'Anna Rotsinger Nemitz
Added: 25 Feb 2015
Find a Grave Memorial ID: 143052620
memorial page for Rose Budd Nickell Fenstermacher (1 Oct 1922–25 Feb 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 143052620, citing Spring Creek Cemetery, Hershey, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Maintained by D'Anna Rotsinger Nemitz (contributor 46823344).

https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/rose-budd-nickell-24-13hv655
"Birth
1 Oct 1922 - Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Death
25 Feb 2015 - Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA
Mother
Unavailable
Father
Unavailable
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA on 1 Oct 1922. Rose Budd Nickell had 2 children. She passed away on 25 Feb 2015 in Altoona, Blair, Pennsylvania, USA."

https://www.myheritage.com/matchingresult-fdc09b652af1decebfd6b3b6c8139673
"Birth: Day Month 1922
Death: Day Month 2015
Publication: Day Month 2015 - Place"

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Notes: Marriage

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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/143052620/rose-budd-fenstermacher

https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/kay-irvin-fenstermacher-24-6l36f2
https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/rose-budd-nickell-24-13hv655

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