They made their home in East Grand Forks and Frank began his career at American Crystal where he worked as a boilermaker, brick layer and foreman and retired in 1991. On June 22, 1951, he married Gloria Oberg in Dothan, Alabama where he was stationed with the Army. Frank then enlisted in the US Army National Guard and served during the Korean War. He grew up in the Sherack area and graduated from the AC in Crookston in 1948. Zak, 93, of East Grand Forks, passed away Saturday, Augat Valley Senior Living on Columbia.įranklin Woodro Zak was born Jat home on the farm in Sherack, MN, the sixth of eight children of Frank and Nora (Dostal) Zak. When she’s not playing pinochle with friends, or meeting fellow Air Products retirees for lunch, Carrie enjoys watching the stock market and keeping up with the world from her Mahoning Township home.Franklin W. “We just went around with no money,” she said. Her husband outfitted the van with an overhead window and toilet, and the couple and their dog, Prince, visited friends in California, Texas and elsewhere. One of her fondest memories, she said, was a two-month trip around the United States. “And I say, ‘Well you told me to come in,’?” Carrie said. Krause in Tamaqua and he says, ‘What are you doing here? There’s nothing wrong with you,’?” Robert Jr. said his parents never stressed about anything, which might be a key to his mother’s longevity. The family moved back to the area and Stewart worked for Air Products and Chemicals in Hometown and Trexlertown. She graduated from Lehighton High School in 1939, then earned a business degree from Allentown Business College.Īfter serving 2½ years with the Navy, she worked as a credit manager for Sears and Roebuck in Lehighton, and later took a job with Sears in Philadelphia. “We would have to walk over the hill in snow this high,” she said, extending her arm to above her waist. She attended the one-room New Mahoning School, about a mile away from her home. Her parents, Charles and Mary Frey, had 10 boys and two girls.Ĭharles was a farmer and did side work as a carpenter. 29, 1945, less than a month after the war ended.Ĭarrie Stewart was born at home in New Mahoning village on Aug. The elder Stewart was from West Virginia and had a “wheeler-dealer” nature to him, his son said. “She said she didn’t like him at first because he was too cocky,” said their son, Robert Stewart II. He later was assigned to the USS San Diego and spent a total 48 months at sea. He was on a two-week survivor leave when war was declared Dec. 31, 1941, German torpedo attack on the USS Reuben James.
Stewart was one of 45 people who survived an Oct. “You wouldn’t believe some of the stuff I pulled. She also enjoyed spending time with other service personnel.Ĭarrie recalled how she and roommates would sneak out of their rented quarters when their landlady was asleep. Shifts were long, she said, but she enjoyed the work. “I was locked in a room.”įrom that space, she communicated with Navy ships by telephone, teletype or Morse code. Customs house,” said Carrie, who earned the rank of yeomen second class. She smiles when she thinks how her assignment didn’t measure up to her expectations of globe trotting. “And guess where I landed? Philadelphia.”
I thought I’d be going overseas,” said Carrie, of Mahoning Township. World War II was raging, and she had her sights set on joining the Navy. Carrie Ida (Frey) Stewart landed a job in the Vale Chemical Company’s Allentown office soon after she graduated from business school.īut Carrie, who turned 100 on Friday, knew she wouldn’t be there long.
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