Wooster, Fremont M.

WOOSTER, STEINMAN

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Date: 1/15/2015 at 08:34:27

FREMONT M. WOOSTER

Fremont Wooster was born May 26, 1866 near Mapleton, Iowa. His parents were Quincy A. and Catherine Wooster, who settled here in 1865.

On March 30, 1892, he was married to Miss Ida Steinman, a Monona County school teacher.

To this union four children were born. They were: Guy F., born December 30, 1895, Mapleton; Florence Wooster Hansen, born March 10, 1897, deceased; John F., born April 21, 1899, Los Angeles, Cal.; and Leon M., born July 12, 1905, drowned in infancy.

Mr. Wooster was Township Trustee of Maple Twp. for several terms and Secretary of Maple Twp. School Board for 25 years.

He belongs to the Mason, Odd Fellows, and the Modern Woodmen of America.

In 1916, he acquired a small tract of land between two lakes near Spicer, Minn., where he built a cottage. Mr. and Mrs. Wooster spend their summers there, entertaining Iowa friends who come that way.

Source: Mapleton Milestones, published 1938