SELKE, Esther Francisca Dorothea ^{1 2}

  Facts and details for Esther Francisca Dorothea Selke:

• Her obituary was published in the Ashbury Park Express on 31 Jul 2011 in Asbury Park, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. It read as follows:

ESTHER SELKE FREIDAY AGE: 86 MANASQUAN Esther Selke Freiday, age 86, of Manasquan, NJ and more recently of Reston, VA passed away on Friday, July 29, 2011 after a period of illness. Born Esther Francisca Dorothea Selke on June 19, 1925 to Esther Clara Abbetmeyer Selke and Arthur Carl Selke in Saint Paul, MN. Raised in Dickinson, ND, Esther attributed her healthy gait and lifelong love for walking and biking to her long uphill treks to school in the frigid North Dakota weather. Esther received her bachelor's degree from the University of Washington where she met her husband, Dean Freiday, whom she married in her home town Lutheran Church in Dickinson, ND on June 27, 1946. The couple moved to New Jersey where they lived in Elberon and Manasquan for well over fifty years until Dean's death in 2008. Esther received her Masters of Education degree from Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, in 1958 and later her teaching certificate from the state of New Jersey. Esther had a gift for teaching and thrived in her role as a sixth grade teacher where she was loved by her students. She was later employed by the Asbury Park Press. Esther was an avid reader and was known by friends and fam ily for her joy of a great and lively debate on any subject. She was a long time member of the Manasquan Friends Meeting and the Order of Eastern Star. She moved to Reston, VA shortly after her husband's death and became an active resident of Tall Oaks at Reston where she enjoyed walking, arts and crafts, Bible study and a busy calendar of outings until her health recently declined. Esther was a devoted wife, mother, teacher and Quaker. She is preceded in death by her sister, Carta, who died in a tragic New Jersey train wreck in 1958. She is survived by her daughter, Gail Freiday Crockett of Reston, VA; a son, William Arthur Freiday of BayvUle, New Jersey and two grandsons, Scott Colin Crockett of Miami, FL and Drew Freiday Crockett of Chiswick, England. Friends can share fond memories or condolences for Esther with light refreshments at Tall Oaks at Reston, 12052 North Shore Drive, Reston, VA oil Tuesday, August 2, 2011 from 2 to 4 PM. Family will receive friends for a viewing at Neary Quinn Funeral Home, 39 South Street, Manasquan, NJ on Wednesday, August 3, 2011 from 3:30 until 7:30 PM. A Funeral Service will follow on Thursday at 10:30 AM at the Manasquan Friends Meeting House in Manasquan, NJ. Interment will follow in the Friends Meeting Burial Grounds. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Manasquan Friends Meeting, P.O. Box 522, Manasquan, NJ 08736. For more information or to post a tribute, please visit www. neary-quinnfuneralhome. com. ¹

• She was buried at the Quaker Cemetery in Manasquan, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States on 3 Aug 2011. ²

Esther married Dean FREIDAY on 27 Jun 1946 in Dickinson, Stark, North Dakota, United States.¹ (Dean FREIDAY was born in 1915,³ died on 4 Mar 2008 in Manasquan, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States ^{1 3} and was buried in Mar 2008 in Manasquan, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States ³.)