{"id":2738,"date":"2015-07-27T17:36:36","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T17:36:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bkpdefunts.smainternational.info\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2015-07-27T17:36:36","modified_gmt":"2015-07-27T17:36:36","slug":"madame-freda-walter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.defunts.smainternational.site\/?p=2738","title":{"rendered":"Madame Freda WALTER"},"content":{"rendered":"

Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 des Missions Africaines – membre honoraire<\/strong>
Membre honoraire de la S.M.A.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Walter<\/td>\nn\u00e9e le 18 d\u00e9cembre 1910 en Autriche
au service de la Province des Etats-Unis
depuis le 7 juin 1958
membre honoraire le 27 octobre 1985
d\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e le 30 ao\u00fbt 1993<\/td>\n		\n

1958-1993 Tenafly, au service de la Province US
1985 membre honoraire de la SMA<\/p>\n

D\u00e9c\u00e9d\u00e9e \u00e0 le 30 ao\u00fbt 1993
\u00e0 l\u2019\u00e2ge de 82 ans<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Madame Freda Walter<\/p>\n

Freda Walter was born in Augstia on December 18, 1910.
She died at the Woodcrest Center, New Milford, N.J., on August 30, 1993.<\/p>\n

Stepmother of all the children of Coppell Drive \u2026 her husband, Joe, had sold his cloth printing business and retired. As is common in such cases with retired husbands, Freda\u2019s every move was under scrutiny. \u201cWhere are you going? When will you be back? Then she received a blessed relief from Fr. Ben Burke who merely suggested the possibility of a mailing of Perpetual Mass Folders to members of the Ancient Order of Hiberians. Freda immediately offered her services. She would volunteer to help him. Before long she became the right arm of The Mission \u2013 recruiting neighborhood teenagers to prepare the big mailing. Each day she patiently waited for returns \u2013 and little by little responses arrived. She would acknowledge the receipt of each one and mail a replacement folder. The program began to grow and grow. Eventually Joe became envious and he too volunteered to work at The Mission. He set up a print shop in the basement of the white frame house that served as office and residence. Eventually Joe and Freda were able to convince Fr. O\u2019Donoghue (the Provincial) and Fr. Burke that they had to expand. Within a few short years this new building was under construction. It was dedicated just six years after Freda\u2019s arrival on the scene. Joe passed on to his eternal reward in 1970 and Freda remained. She continued her 50-plus hours per week at The Mission where she remained until the time of her final illness.<\/p>\n

Freda was what might be considered a \u2018tough boss\u2019 because of her personal strict work ethic. Her concern for the Africans \u2013 especially the Liberians \u2013 and her friendship with them prompted her to assist them in many ways. For example she paid for the flying lessons of Bishop Ben Sekey.<\/p>\n

Freda began service to the SMA on June 7, 1958. She was named an Honorary Member of the Society by the Superior General and his Council on October 27, 1985. The official ceremony took place in the Tenafly Chapel on the feast of St. Francis Xavier, patron of missionaries, December 3, 1985. She was overwhelmed by this honor which made her an official member of the SMA family, at request to Provincial in Council from S. John Murray, May 1, 1985.<\/p>\n

The Perpetual Mass Association Program is a success today because back in 1958 Freda took the idea and diligently saw it through with the assistance of her husband Joseph and her daughter\u2019s school friends. \u2026 The majority of the \u2018problems\u2019 connected with the functioning of the Mission have always ended up on Freda\u2019s desk\u2026 She is now 76 years old and her eyesight is not good\u2026
Her daughter John, son-in-law Doug, her grandchild C.J.<\/p>\n

\u2018In view of her outstanding service and especially her long-term commitment to the American Province\u2019s Perpetual Mass Association Program.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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