Frederica Luella "Freda" Coolidge, RN

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1900, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was recorded while living with her parents.; : 11; Address:
  Central Street
• Census: 1910, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She was working as a servant while living with her parents.; : 21; Address:
  Southerly Street
• Graduation: say 1918, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; She graduated from Petersham High School.
• Census: 1920, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 30; Address:
  East Street
• Graduation: say 1920, Natick, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; She graduated from the nursing school at Natick Hospital.
• Census: 1930, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 41
• Residence: 1939, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Address:
  86 Lennon Street
• Census: 1940, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; : 51; Address:
  242 Mill Street
• Residence: 26 Aug 1989, Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; Address:
  Eastwood Pines Nursing Home
  161 Ryan Street
• Obituary: 24 Nov 1989; GARDNER - Freda L. (Coolidge) Simonds, 100, of 161 Ryan St. and Eastwood Pines Nursing Home, died Tuesday in Henry Heywood Memorial Hospital. Her husband, Carl Simonds, died in 1962. She leaves three nieces, Barbara J. Duplessie of Petersham, Joan Lavoie of Brockton and Sylvia Shafa of Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Born in Petersham, she was a daughter of Louis and Ella (Houghton) Coolidge, and had lived in Gardner 80 years. She graduated from Petersham High School. Mrs. Simonds, a registered nurse, did private duty nursing and was employed by various hospitals and nursing homes. She graduated from the nursing school at Natick Hospital. Following cremation, graveside services will be held 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, in East Street Cemetery, Petersham. The Rev. Gordon P. Tate will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Greenfield Area Animal Shelter, French King Highway, Greenfield, 01301. Fiske Funeral Home, 1356 Main St., Athol, is directing arrangements. Published by the Worcester Telegram & Gazette, 24 November 1989
• Last Full Review: 20 Feb 2021

Notes:

Birth:
She was a twin. Both she and her brother are listed as born on the 7th of February, but he is listed as still born on the 8th of February in the record. I have used the 8th as I have no proof of what date Frederica used in later life.

Census:
She was recorded while living with her parents.

Census:
She was recorded while living with her parents.

Census:
She was recorded while living with her windowed father.

Census:
She was recorded living with her sister and her husband.

Residence:
She was in a nursing home.

Frederica married Carl Joseph Simonds on 29 Jun 1925 in Palm Beach County, Florida. Carl (son of Joseph Simonds and Addie Butler) was born on 12 May 1893 in Templeton, Worcester County, Massachusetts; died in Jan 1963 in Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts; was buried in East Street Cemetery, Petersham, Worcester County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]