In order to tell more of the story, it is worth summarizing F.L.’s background. She was born on August 17, 1926 at 19 Lexington Avenue of Montclair, New Jersey, a town close to Nutley. Her parents were an insurance broker named Walter Augustus Schaefer (called Walter Sr. to distinguish from his son of the same name), and Katherine Ruth Weber (often just called Ruth), who lived on Calico Lane in the town of Nutley from 1926 until their deaths (Walter Sr. in 1990, Ruth in 1970). The Schaefers have a story worth summarizing here. In 1920, they were living on 19 Lexington Avenue, with Walter Sr., Ruth, and two children: Walter Jr. (age 4) and Martha (age 1), living in a house they owned but mortgaged, with Walter Sr. working in casualty insurance.2 By 1930, this had changed. They were living on 385 Passaic Avenue, with a Polish maid named Mary Watraz, while Walter Sr. was an insurance broker. This home was worth $25,000 and they had a radio. By 1940, they were living on 1 Memorial Park Drive, with the maid gone, but Walter Sr. as an insurance agent, Walter Jr. in advertising and Martha in advertising publicity.4 While the street numbers change that this is the same house. I base this on Walter Schaefer’s This is Your Life which reprints old newspaper articles he wrote as “Nutley History Bits”. He notes that they bought the James Mason house in 1926 from Alexander Hamilton Schultz, noting that the street was originally called River Road, Passaic Avenue, then Memorial Park Drive, then Calico Lane.
Bob and F.L. would move to Cincinnati sometime before 1958. On May 1 of that year, they would have their first child. They would have their next child the following year. On May 2, 1981, he would die, at age 56, at Holmes Hospital, from a brain tumor, malignant glioblastoma. The “Robert B. Mills Memorial Graduate Award,” a scholarship award, would be named in his honor. Left in his immediate family were his children, F.L., and his sisters. He is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery just like RBM I, RBM II, Hattie, and Stanley. F.L would die 15 years later on December 31, 1996 at Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm, within Baltimore County. Not surprisingly, her tobacco use and long-standing alcoholism for years was a major factor in her death. She would have a funeral just like Bob.
Bob and F.L. would move to Cincinnati sometime before 1958. On May 1 of that year, they would have their first child. They would have their next child the following year. On May 2, 1981, he would die, at age 56, at Holmes Hospital, from a brain tumor, malignant glioblastoma. The “Robert B. Mills Memorial Graduate Award,” a scholarship award, would be named in his honor. Left in his immediate family were his children, F.L., and his sisters. He is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery just like RBM I, RBM II, Hattie, and Stanley. F.L would die 15 years later on December 31, 1996 at Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm, within Baltimore County. Not surprisingly, her tobacco use and long-standing alcoholism for years was a major factor in her death. She would have a funeral just like Bob.
In order to tell more of the story, it is worth summarizing F.L.’s background. She was born on August 17, 1926 at 19 Lexington Avenue of Montclair, New Jersey, a town close to Nutley. Her parents were an insurance broker named Walter Augustus Schaefer (called Walter Sr. to distinguish from his son of the same name), and Katherine Ruth Weber (often just called Ruth), who lived on Calico Lane in the town of Nutley from 1926 until their deaths (Walter Sr. in 1990, Ruth in 1970). The Schaefers have a story worth summarizing here. In 1920, they were living on 19 Lexington Avenue, with Walter Sr., Ruth, and two children: Walter Jr. (age 4) and Martha (age 1), living in a house they owned but mortgaged, with Walter Sr. working in casualty insurance.2 By 1930, this had changed. They were living on 385 Passaic Avenue, with a Polish maid named Mary Watraz, while Walter Sr. was an insurance broker. This home was worth $25,000 and they had a radio. By 1940, they were living on 1 Memorial Park Drive, with the maid gone, but Walter Sr. as an insurance agent, Walter Jr. in advertising and Martha in advertising publicity.4 While the street numbers change that this is the same house. I base this on Walter Schaefer’s This is Your Life which reprints old newspaper articles he wrote as “Nutley History Bits”. He notes that they bought the James Mason house in 1926 from Alexander Hamilton Schultz, noting that the street was originally called River Road, Passaic Avenue, then Memorial Park Drive, then Calico Lane.
Bob and F.L. would move to Cincinnati sometime before 1958. On May 1 of that year, they would have their first child. They would have their next child the following year. On May 2, 1981, he would die, at age 56, at Holmes Hospital, from a brain tumor, malignant glioblastoma. The “Robert B. Mills Memorial Graduate Award,” a scholarship award, would be named in his honor. Left in his immediate family were his children, F.L., and his sisters. He is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery just like RBM I, RBM II, Hattie, and Stanley. F.L would die 15 years later on December 31, 1996 at Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm, within Baltimore County. Not surprisingly, her tobacco use and long-standing alcoholism for years was a major factor in her death. She would have a funeral just like Bob.
Bob and F.L. would move to Cincinnati sometime before 1958. On May 1 of that year, they would have their first child. They would have their next child the following year. On May 2, 1981, he would die, at age 56, at Holmes Hospital, from a brain tumor, malignant glioblastoma. The “Robert B. Mills Memorial Graduate Award,” a scholarship award, would be named in his honor. Left in his immediate family were his children, F.L., and his sisters. He is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery just like RBM I, RBM II, Hattie, and Stanley. F.L would die 15 years later on December 31, 1996 at Glen Meadows Retirement Community in Glen Arm, within Baltimore County. Not surprisingly, her tobacco use and long-standing alcoholism for years was a major factor in her death. She would have a funeral just like Bob.
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