Schuster, Stephanie

1898 - 1988  (89 years)    Has 38 ancestors and 46 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Schuster, Stephanie
  Born	13 Aug 1898	Furstenthal, Voivodeasa, , Romania
  Gender	Female
  Immigration	2 Jul 1904	Ellis Island, New York
  on the ship Kaiser William the second from Bremen
  1940 Census	1940	Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA
  Stephaine Locker41 (Widowed) Louise Locker22 Francis Locker15 Arthur Locker9
  Biography	Written by Mary (Conard) Kaiser - 1984
  AUNT FANNIE From this lovely lady, I learned about granulated dishes, false teeth a nd seeds in salami. It was at her house in the country that I experienc ed a funeral for the first time. She with poise and dignity, laid her hus band, Uncle Lou to rest...she was 36... I was four, and my woolen dress it ched, and I asked, "Why do they cry." There was always a smile of welcome whenever we came ... any time. She ca red for Grandma over the winters when a slip and fall on the ice out on t he farm could be dangerous. Her neat home in Ellis was so inviting. She l oved and could make the best coffee I ever fasted. I was about eight wh en she was at our house for dinner, and rinsed her dentures. We kids push ed and pushed like she did, but couldn't get our teeth out, and we knew th at she had some kind of magic in there. For a champion dish-breaker, tho se granulated dishes she had sure sounded like the real ticket. She didn't coin the phrase, "I'd rather be an old man's sweetie than a you ng man's fool " but used it, when at 19 she married Uncle Lou (Broth er to Aunt Mary's husband, Uncle Joe Locker) who was 17 years older than s he. She raised four super nice children; Louise, Blanche, Frances and Art hur alone. About the salami? We were at her house one summer day when she sent Arthu r, my sister Frances and I to the grocery store for salami for lunch. I 'd never eaten salami before, and encountered a peppercorn. She must ha ve seen the surprised look on my face, because she said, "If you don't li ke the seeds, pick them out. " Logical of course ... How often we p ut up with the peppercorns of life, simply because they are "there". I remember her hair as being brown, and I can't remember her wearing it a ny way except in two braids, wrapped around her head like a regal crown. She was my sister, Frances' favorite Aunt, and I think I know why. France s, forever the little peacemaker, didn't have a husband for Daddy to get i nto one of his loud "debates" that the Schuster men and in-laws always se emed to indulge. She said one time, "At Aunt Fanny's it's nice. Daddy go es over and argues with Uncle Jake, and Mom and Aunt Fanny talk about quil ts and stuff, talk Dutch and laugh." In later years Uncle Paul Schuster made his home with her. Her last da ys were spent in a wheelchair, a victim of a stroke. Her daughter wrote t hat even after the stroke she remained bright and alert, cared for by Loui se (who was by this time herself a widow), and occasionally by daughter Bl anche. She was 89 when she passed away last January 1988. One more little story, then I'll move on. In the back yard, back to ba ck with hers, lived a boy who was handicapped. He couldn't talk nor wa lk and spent his days hitching his chair up and down the back sidewalk a nd jabbering. We gawked through the fence. Seeing other children, he hitc hed his chair towards us jabbering his own kind of communication. We rac ed into the house to tell Aunt Fanny. She set us down, and explained th at we were not to mock or taunt him ... that he was a Child of God, ju st a little different. From this lovely lady, I learned compassion. Written by Mary (Conard) Kaiser - 1984
  Died	16 Jan 1988	Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA
  Obituary	Aft 16 Jan 1988
  Elis Review
  	Locker, Stephanie Obituary
  Name	Aunt Fannie
  Buried	St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Ellis, Kansas, USA
  	Locker, Stephanie (Maiden Name: Schuster) St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Ellis, Kansas, USA
  Person ID	I50160	1FamilyTree | JaysRelated, JayW_Mom_I101
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	SCHUSTER, Ferdinand,   b. 1 Nov 1865, Furstenthal, Voivodeasa, , Romania ,   d. 21 Jul 1912, Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA  (Age 46 years)
  Mother	BAUMGARTNER, Klara "Clara",   b. 3 Dec 1868, Furstenthal, Voivodeasa, , Romania ,   d. 3 Jul 1955, Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F15944	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Locker, Louis,   b. 27 Sep 1881,   d. 1 Jan 1934, Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Married	16 Jan 1917
  	Locker, Louis Family circa 1942 L-R; Louise, Arthur, Stephanie (aka Fanny)(Schuster), Blanche, Frances
  Children	1. Locker, Louise + 2. Locker, Blanche,   b. 15 Nov 1920,   d. 6 Aug 2017  (Age 96 years) + 3. Locker, Frances   4. Locker, Arthur
  Last Modified	21 Jan 2011
  Family ID	F57281	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 13 Aug 1898 - Furstenthal, Voivodeasa, , Romania Immigration - on the ship Kaiser William the second from Bremen - 2 Jul 1904 - Ellis Island, New York 1940 Census - 1940 - Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA Died - 16 Jan 1988 - Ellis, Ellis, Kansas, USA Buried - - St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Ellis, Kansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  Schuster, Fannie Circa 1916