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Fadeley Siblings

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Title

Fadeley Siblings

Subject

Peer, Ola Mae Fadeley (1925-2013)
Smoot, Katherine Marie Fadeley (1923-1996)
Fadeley, Warren Richard (1921-1977)

Description

Photograph of the three Fadeley siblings as young children. Pictured left to right, are: Ola Mae, Katherine Marie “Kay”, and Warren Richard. Their parents were Lloyd Richard (1895-1953) and Ada Marie (Didawick) (1893-1979) Fadeley.

The 1940 census found the family living together on a farm near Edinburg (Madison District). All three children were raised there.

Ola Mae married Oliver Newton Peer (1922-2013), who was born Maurertown and attended Toms Brook High School, graduating in 1941. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II with the 638th Tank Destroyer Battalion, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and receiving the Bronze Star. He later owned and operated the Woodstock Coin Shop. Both Ola and her husband were longtime and active members of the Edinburg Christian Church as well as other civic organizations in the area. Ola was also known for her beautiful tatting during her later years. After her husband died, she moved to North Carolina for a short time at the end of her life. Both she and her husband are buried in Sunset View Memorial Gardens in Woodstock.

Katherine Marie “Kay” Fadeley married Garrett Odell Smoot (1922-1968) in February 1945 in Washington D.C. Six years later, when their son, Larry Allen Smoot (1951-1984), was born they lived in Arlington, Virginia. By 1957, when their daughter, Kathy Ann Smoot (1957-2021) was born, they had moved back to Shenandoah County. When Kay’s husband died, they lived in the Narrow Passage Creek area near Edinburg.

Warren moved to Washington D.C. as a young man. When he registered for the WWII draft in 1942, he lived at 1431 N Street, N.W. and worked for the Sears Roebuck & Co. on Georgia Avenue, N.W. Physically, he was described as 5’ 5 1/2” tall and weighed 135 pounds.

He married a woman named Louise (from Shenandoah County) in Rockville, Maryland, in 1942. Soon after, he served as a PFC in the U.S. Army during WWII. After the war, the couple divorced in 1946.

A year later, Warren lived in Washington, D.C. and married Nancy Lee (Triggs) (1928-2017) from Albemarle County. By 1950, the census found them living in Arlington, Virginia, where Warren worked as a Route Salesman for a laundry corporation and Nancy worked as a clerk typist for a retail credit association.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

ca 1927

Contributor

Identified by Virginia Rutz. Also identified by Helen L. Wilkens, who lived with the family for four years.
Additional biographical information compiled from public records.

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Identifier

001611

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Glass Negatives

Citation

Morrison Studio, “Fadeley Siblings,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/24541.

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