Samuel Fausold, Sr. in Scottdale

Samuel Fausold retired to Scottdale, Pa., with weak heart (coronary thrombosis). He could relax and attend to his family. In great family visits he talked widely (family, culture, politics) and when alone read profusely.

Fausold Family, 1941

Alice, Patsy, cousin Ciddy Fausold (daughter of Charles), and Samuel and Edna. Picking cherries.

Samuel Fausold family in Scottdale, late 1940s

This is the family shown across street from 704 Chestnut. In fact, Father bought the house in background for investment. Left to right: Alice Fausold Houser, Edna Fausold, Ann Shank Fausold, Anna Boyd Shelar, Miriam Breegle Shimshock, Daryl Clement Fausold (hidden by child), Sally Fausold, "Jess" Dinger, Mary Alice Shimshock, Below: Jack Houser with Edna Jane Fausold, Samuel Fausold with Margaret Ann Fausold

Alice Boyd Fausold Houser

Alice, the youngest of Samuel Fausold, Sr. children, a graduate of Carnegie Tech., had four children with Rev. J. Ray Houser, Jr. Alice contracted diabetes shortly after arriving in Denmark where her husband was studying Kierkigaard, the Danish philosopher whose existentialist belief said all are responsible for their actions and fate.

At J. Ray Houser camp in northern Pa. Camp

Rev. Dr. J. Ray Houser, Lutheran minister and seminary president, was an enthusiastic hunter and fisherman. This is at a sportsman's camp popular among the Housers, celebrating the betrothal of Jack Houser and Alice Fausold.

Top row: Jack Houser, his mother Gertrude Houser, his sister Ardath Houser, Alice Fausold, Jimmy Sheaffer.

Bottom row: unknown, Patsy F. Sheaffer, Marion Houser, Edna B. Fausold, Sally Fausold holding Kathy Fausold, Samuel Fausold, Jr.

Celebrating wedding of Jack and Alice Fausold

Scottdale, Pa., 1950. Alice was given away by her favorite Uncle Charles.

Sam and Edna Fausold

1943, in front of their Chestnut Street home in Scottdale.

The younger Fausold generation at Scottdale, 1942

Mac Fausold, wife to be, Ann Shank, Alice and Patsy Fausold, Brothers Martin and Sam, Jr. lin front. Mac, A Penn State graduate in dairy husbandry worked on farm. Ann taught school, having majored in music at Indiana State Teachers College. Alice was a secretarial student at Carnegie Tech. Patsy, against her will, majored in home economics in college and taught in Wilkinsburg public schools. Martin was a student. At Gettysburg College, Sam was an enlistee in the Army.

The Fausold men in Scottdale, 1945: Sam, Sam, Sr., Martin, Mac

Sam and Martin were in the army and navy respectively, Mac was on the farm. Sam, Sr. retired professional educator

Edna Breegle Fausold and daughters Patsy, and Alice, sitting, early 1940s, Scottdale, Pa.

Fine picture of the three. Patsy wanted to act but father persuaded her to become a home economist. Eventually she taught high school English superbly. She read well, particularly the works of C. S. Lewis.

Mac, Alice, Edna, Sally, Sam, Sr. Fausolds in Ambridge in mid-1940s.

Samuel Fausold, Jr.

Sam, because he had taught school, was in a Army training program in Indiantown Gap, near Harrisburg.. He was slated for officer training school when the war ended.

Sam later taught public school in Alliquippa, PA and eventually became a school principal.

Jimmy Scheaffer and Alice Fausold, 1943

Jimmy, to be Patsy’s husband, was in the Army band and also served as an Army chaplain. Here with Alice Fausold in Scottdale, Pa. Very fine view of Chestnut Street in Scottdale as seen from the porch at 704, a place where we often lolled – actually off and on for decades, 1920s to 1950s. It was a beautiful shady small town street.

United State Navy Ensign Martin L. Fausold with parents, Edna and Samuel Fausold, Sr., Scottdale, Pa, 1944

Martin had just received his commission from Midshipmens School in Chicago and was headed to be communications officer on USS LCI(L) 675 in Boston. Four months later his ship was part of the invasion of Southern France, one of the best executed invasions in World War Two. CHECK HERE FOR SOME CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN FATHER AND SON.