Andreas, Frieda van der Smissen (1896-1990)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 3 May 1990 p. 8

Birth date: 1896 March 26
Date of Death: 1990 April 22

Andreas, Wilhelmine Friederike "Frieda" (van der Smissen)

text of obituary:

Frieda (van der Smissen) Andreas, 94, of North Newton, a teacher and dietician, died April 22 in Newton. Funeral services were held April 26 at Bethel College Mennonite Church, North Newton, with Darrel Fast officiating. Burial and graveside services were held April 27 at First Mennonite Cemetery, Beatrice, Neb. A native of Summerfield, Ill., she helped organize a home economics department at Bethel College, along with planning the dining hall and managing and purchasing, preparation and serving of food. In 1920 she moved to Berne, Ind., to help her family and ailing mother and to teach at Berne High School. In 1922 she traveled to Beatrice, Neb., to stay with an infirm aunt and to teach at the Mennonite Academy. She later served as a dietician at Bethel Deaconess Hospital, Newton, for 5½ years, retiring in 1959. She also taught continuing education at Bethel College and later moved to Kidron Bethel Retirement Community. Survivors include two sons, Paul W. of Fall River and Carl R. of Burlington, Vt.; three sisters, Elizabeth Clemmer of Wolcottville, Ind., Edna Cowsert of Junction, Texas, and Ruth Johnson of Indianpolis; five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Her husband, William C., died in 1951.

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
Summerfield, Illinois
Daughter of Carl Heinrich Anton and Elizabeth Bertha (Ruth) van der Smissen (wife 2)
Married William Claassen Andreas 1924 June 5, Beatrice, Nebraska
Home ec. teacher, dietitian -- Bethel College 1917-20
Dietitian -- Bethel Deaconess Hospital, Newton, Kansas 1953-63

Bethel alumni note:
Bethel Academy 1913
Bethel College student 1913-14

Photo holdings:
See Wilhelmine Friederike "Frieda" van der Smissen (1895-1990) for photo information

Sources:
Alumni card
Obituary
Die Mennoniten familie vds ... 1987 p. 237
Grandma database Profile #732213