She attended
Hempstead High School, but she quit high school before graduation to go to secretarial
school. After getting her secretarial degree from Brown's Secretarial School she held
several jobs including working at Doubleday Publishers in Garden City.
Her sister Eileen, called her Penny, because everyday when she came home from work, Edna,
would give her sister the pennies that she had gotten in change that day.
She switched careers shortly after that to become a waitress because she felt she could
make more money. She waitressed for nearly twenty-five years, before rheumatoid arthritis
sidelined her from this profession. She worked at various diners on Long Island including
The Cadillac, The Nautilis, The Wantagh, the The Massapequa and the Skyliner diner to name
a few.
She was a smoker. At the age of sixty-nine she developed lung cancer. This was
successfully removed through surgery. The cancer came back a year later. She refused
chemotherapy and radiation treatment. The cancer spread to her bones, spinal column and
brain. She died at home under hospice care on May 20, 1999.
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| Mom, with her Grandfather and Father |
Mom with Grandma Fehr |
Mom at two years old |
Mom at 12
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Late 1940's |
Mom August 1998 |
Newspaper article from The East Meadow News, Thursday, December 5, 1946
The marriage of Miss Edna May Fehr, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Fehr of 65 Granada
Avenue, Roosevelt, to Frank A. Jinglewski, son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Jinglewski of Eastern
Pennsylvania, was solemnized last Saturday Afternoon.
The ceremony took place in the Windsor Avenue Bible Church, Oceanside, with the Rev. Frank
Vurture officiating at 5 o'clock. A reception followed at the home of the bride's parents.
Mr. Fehr gave his daughter in marriage. She wore a blue dress with a corsage of white
roses.
Miss Barbara Fehr served as her sister's maid of honor. She wore a grey dress with a
corsage of red roses.
Joseph Jinglewski served as his brother's best man.
Young Mrs. Jinglewski is a graduate of Hempstead High School and Brown's Business School,
Hempstead. Mr. Jinglewski, a U.S. Army veteran of four and a half years, attended schools
in Pennsylvania. He is employed at Liberty Aircraft.
After a wedding trip in Pennsylvania, the couple will reside in Freeport. |