Frederick Robert DROSTE

1917 - 1995  (77 years)

• Name	Frederick Robert DROSTE
  Nickname	Fred
  Born	6 Nov 1917	Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 May 1995	Easton, Talbot, Maryland, United States
  Person ID	I16189	Patterson & Markham Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Mar 2019

  
  

  Father	Frederick Christian DROSTE,   b. 5 Mar 1888, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States ,   d. 5 Jan 1970, Ridgewood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States  (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F6019	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.