James Anothai Droste

Kurt married Kanyarat Hongthong. [Group Sheet]

James married Mary Dellie Williamson. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Bapitsmal proxy -- James Frederick Droste -- son. Baptised during a Cambridge Branch, Wilmington Delaware Stake, youth temple trip.

Bapitsmal proxy -- James Frederick Droste -- son. Baptised during a Cambridge Branch, Wilmington Delaware Stake, youth temple trip.

Initiatory and endowment proxy, and sealing proxy, same person.

Several of the notes of condolence sent to his widow after his death described him, aptly, as "a gentleman and a gentle man."

Cremated; remains kept in family niche at Rosehill Cemetary and Crematory, Route 25, Linden, NJ.

Married once before marrying Margaret. Name of lady unknown. Told me, his son Jim, that after three days of marriage he realized he was thinking only of Margaret -- my mother. Divorced first wife. No dates of marriage or divorce known. However, I suspect they were married in or near New York City, in about 1944.

He reported for Navy boot camp in November of 1943. He told me he had to decide between two women, and figured he'd be happier with the one who loved him best. This first bride visited him in Newport News, where he went for training, and remained while they processed the paperwork to commission him. He was a degreed engineer, so they made him an officer. Since this lady visited him, he decided she loved him more, and married her.

Frederick married Margaret Roberta Price 6 Sep 1947, Shelter Island, Suffolk, New York, United States. Margaret (daughter of Harold Woodford Price and Jessie Philomena Jacques) was born 23 Jun 1916, Greenport, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 9 Feb 1997, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

My mother's name was given, in different documents, as Alberta, Roberta, Ruberta, and Rubertha. Roberta was the name intended by her parents, and the name she always claimed as her own.

Mom was not buried, but creamated. Do not have a date. Her remains were entered in the family niche after we held the memorial service on 19 July 1997. Ashes put in Rosehill Crematory and Cemetery,
Route 25, Linden, NJ, with the ashes of her son, Richard, her husband, and he parents-in-law.

Baptismal proxy was Alexa Marie Droste, granddaughter. Baptism performed by James Frederick Droste, son. This happened during Alexa's second branch youth temple trip.

Proxy for initiatory and endowment was Mary Dellie Williamson Droste, daughter-in-law. When Mary went into the initiatory area, her eyes were immediately filled with tears, and the initiatory workers' eyes were similarly
filled. At the end, one of the sisters noted "that was a special experience." Mary was convinced that Margaret accepted at least some of the work done for her in the temple that day. When I was going thru for Frederick
Robert -- Margaret's husband, it occured to me that she, Margaret, wanted very much to be sealed to Richard, her son who died in childhood. She was separated from him for forty four years, and fiercely wanted to avoid any further separation. I had explained, years ago, that someone would need to be his mother in the resurrection, because he never developed beyond 22 months of age, and the day she died I knew she was spending the whole day without letting him go. I don't know how much reservation there might be in
her mind about accepting the work done for her in the temple, but she has accepted some. For sure she accepted being with her lost baby.

Linden married Ellen Todd. [Group Sheet]