Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
Windh/Freise/Maurstad genealogy - Person Sheet
NameFrances Edmundson SMITH
Spouses
BurialUnion Cemetery, Bakersfield, CA
Birth10 Aug 1873, Dry Run, Fannett Township, Pennsylvania
Death28 Aug 1973, Bakersfield, Kern County, CA
OccupationOwner of a funeral home in Bakersfield, CA
FatherEdgar McGinley FLICKINGER (1845-1939)
MotherAdeline Clay ELDER (1848-1925)
Misc. Notes
Obituary from the Bakersfield Californian, August 29, 1973.
J. C. Flickinger, retired mortician, dies at 100.
Services are pending at Hopson Mortuary for retired morticain Jacob Chambers Flickinger, 910 T Street, who died todav in a Bakersfield hospital. Mr. Flickinger celebrated his 100th birthday Aug. 10.
Born in Dry Run. Pa.. he came to Bakersfield in 1902 to follow his brother, Maurice, in the oil boom. After a few years work in the oilfields. Mr. Flickinger began as an apprentice in the mortuary business. He purchased a business in 1920. [A newspaper ad from the Bakersfield Morning Echo in 1924 features The Flicker Ambulance and calls him “Bakersfield’s leading funeral director.”]
In 1925 he constructed the Flickinger-Digier Chapel at 1227 Chester Avenue. Mr. Flickinger retired in 1953.
He was a member of the Elks, Eagles, Redmen of America, Moose Lodge, Woodmen of the World, California Funeral Directors Association. Kern County Funeral Directors, San Joaquin Valley Funeral Directors, Kern County Chamber of Commerce and the sheriff's mounted posse. He was an avid horseman and rode until he was 91.
Mr. Flickinger's wife, Minnie, died in 1953.
Survivors include Marion Rice, William F. Colm. James E. Flickinger, Alice Cook, Terry Jamison, Mary Melinda, Ann Michelle Noble, Bill B. Colm, Joanne Moore and Dr. E. Willis Flickinger, all nieces and nephews.
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Earlier, Mr. Flickinger had married Mrs. Frances Edmundson Smith in Las Vegas on March 15, 1941, as noted in the Bakersfield Californian on March 17, 1941.
FLICKINGER-SMITH WEDDING EVENT IN LAS VEGAS in 1941
In the wedding Saturday night at 9:30 o’clock in Las Vegas of Mrs. Frances Edmundson Smith and Jacob Chambers Flickinger, two of Bakersfleld's best known and prominent residents were united by the Reverend Ford Gilbert, pastor of First Methodist Church in that city. The bride and bridegroom were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Frank DIgler, of Stockdale. Mr. Digier is co-owner with Mr. Flickinger of Flickinger-Digier Chapel, one of Bakersfield's old established mortuaries. The two couples returned Sunday vla Boulder Dam. A wedding supper was held after the ceremony at a restuarant outside the Nevada city.
On Tuesday evening Mrs. Digier is receiving for 40 guests at a party honoring the bride, at her Stockdale home. The couple are living at Mr.
Flickinger's former abode, 1227 Chester Avenue.
The bride, a resident of Marshall, Texas, until coming here a few years ago, is a member of the Eastern Star in Texas, and is active in the Women's Division of Christian Service in First Methodist Church here. She is the mother of a voung Log Angeles matron, Mrs. Paul Rosenbaum.
Mr. Flickinger has lived in Kern county more than 30 years, coming here from Pennsylvania. He is a brother of Mrs. Mary Colm and of M. P. Flickinger, who also are well known Bakersfield residents of long standing. Mr. Flickinger is a popular member of the Elks lodge and other social and fraternal groups.
At the ceremony the bride and her attendant wore print frocks and orchid corsages.
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An email in June 2010 from Jim Mandaville tells that his great grandfather was buried in 1923 by the Flickinger Mortuary in Bakersfield (sometimes shown as "Dixon-Flickinger") and that for a long time this was one of the better known mortuary establishments in Bakersfield. The J. C. Flickinger that Minnie married late in life may have been a member of the family that founded or operated it. Her burial in Union Cemetery in Bakersfield in 1953 was arranged by the Armstrong-Flickinger Mortuary. A quick Google search now suggests that there is no Flickinger or Dixon mortuary operating in Bakersfield today.
J. C. Flickinger, retired mortician, dies at 100.
Services are pending at Hopson Mortuary for retired morticain Jacob Chambers Flickinger, 910 T Street, who died todav in a Bakersfield hospital. Mr. Flickinger celebrated his 100th birthday Aug. 10.
Born in Dry Run. Pa.. he came to Bakersfield in 1902 to follow his brother, Maurice, in the oil boom. After a few years work in the oilfields. Mr. Flickinger began as an apprentice in the mortuary business. He purchased a business in 1920. [A newspaper ad from the Bakersfield Morning Echo in 1924 features The Flicker Ambulance and calls him “Bakersfield’s leading funeral director.”]
In 1925 he constructed the Flickinger-Digier Chapel at 1227 Chester Avenue. Mr. Flickinger retired in 1953.
He was a member of the Elks, Eagles, Redmen of America, Moose Lodge, Woodmen of the World, California Funeral Directors Association. Kern County Funeral Directors, San Joaquin Valley Funeral Directors, Kern County Chamber of Commerce and the sheriff's mounted posse. He was an avid horseman and rode until he was 91.
Mr. Flickinger's wife, Minnie, died in 1953.
Survivors include Marion Rice, William F. Colm. James E. Flickinger, Alice Cook, Terry Jamison, Mary Melinda, Ann Michelle Noble, Bill B. Colm, Joanne Moore and Dr. E. Willis Flickinger, all nieces and nephews.
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Earlier, Mr. Flickinger had married Mrs. Frances Edmundson Smith in Las Vegas on March 15, 1941, as noted in the Bakersfield Californian on March 17, 1941.
FLICKINGER-SMITH WEDDING EVENT IN LAS VEGAS in 1941
In the wedding Saturday night at 9:30 o’clock in Las Vegas of Mrs. Frances Edmundson Smith and Jacob Chambers Flickinger, two of Bakersfleld's best known and prominent residents were united by the Reverend Ford Gilbert, pastor of First Methodist Church in that city. The bride and bridegroom were attended by Mr. and Mrs. Frank DIgler, of Stockdale. Mr. Digier is co-owner with Mr. Flickinger of Flickinger-Digier Chapel, one of Bakersfield's old established mortuaries. The two couples returned Sunday vla Boulder Dam. A wedding supper was held after the ceremony at a restuarant outside the Nevada city.
On Tuesday evening Mrs. Digier is receiving for 40 guests at a party honoring the bride, at her Stockdale home. The couple are living at Mr.
Flickinger's former abode, 1227 Chester Avenue.
The bride, a resident of Marshall, Texas, until coming here a few years ago, is a member of the Eastern Star in Texas, and is active in the Women's Division of Christian Service in First Methodist Church here. She is the mother of a voung Log Angeles matron, Mrs. Paul Rosenbaum.
Mr. Flickinger has lived in Kern county more than 30 years, coming here from Pennsylvania. He is a brother of Mrs. Mary Colm and of M. P. Flickinger, who also are well known Bakersfield residents of long standing. Mr. Flickinger is a popular member of the Elks lodge and other social and fraternal groups.
At the ceremony the bride and her attendant wore print frocks and orchid corsages.
* * * * *
An email in June 2010 from Jim Mandaville tells that his great grandfather was buried in 1923 by the Flickinger Mortuary in Bakersfield (sometimes shown as "Dixon-Flickinger") and that for a long time this was one of the better known mortuary establishments in Bakersfield. The J. C. Flickinger that Minnie married late in life may have been a member of the family that founded or operated it. Her burial in Union Cemetery in Bakersfield in 1953 was arranged by the Armstrong-Flickinger Mortuary. A quick Google search now suggests that there is no Flickinger or Dixon mortuary operating in Bakersfield today.
Marriage15 Mar 1941, Las Vegas NV