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    Living



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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  Living

      Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

      Children:
      1. Living
      2. Living

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Walter Brooks FIELDS was born in 29 Oct 1918 (son of Walter Brooks FIELDS and Living).

      Other Events:

      • Military Service: 1940, China; Trained at Yale in Chinese, dropped behind enemy lines, captured & Tortured

      Walter married Martha Mabel Esser. Martha (daughter of Arnold Esser and Emma) was born in 1920 in New Ulm, MN; died on 29 Aug 1999 in Edina, MN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 3.  Martha Mabel Esser was born in 1920 in New Ulm, MN (daughter of Arnold Esser and Emma); died on 29 Aug 1999 in Edina, MN.

      Notes:

      Died:
      Star Tribune Sept 1, 1999

      Martha (Esser) Fields, 79, of Edina died Aug. 29, 1999 at the N.C. Little Hospice in Edina.
      Mass of Christian burial is 5 p.m. Thursday at Our Lady of Grace Church, 50th and Eden Ave, Edina. Burial will be 11 a.m. Friday at Holy Trinity Cemetery in New Ulm.
      Visitation will be Thursday from 3-5 p.m. at the church. Arrangements by Gill Brothers Funeral Home.
      She is survived by her husband, W. Brooks Fields of Edina; children: Millie Schipper and her husband Don, Sarah Nessan and her husband Doug of Edina, Brooks Fields and his wife Barbara of Mesa, Ariz., and Rick and his wife Cheryl Fields; 13 grandchildren; sister, Loretta Franta and many nieces and nephews.
      She was preceded in death by her parents, Arnold and Emma Esser; five brothers and one sister.
      She was born in New Ulm, attended New Ulm High School, the College of Saint Catherine and graduated from Carleton College. She served on the Big Sister and Family Children's Board as a member of the League of Catholic Women and was active in church and civic activities. She was a member of Our Lady of Grace and resident of Edina for 50 years.
      Memorial are preferred to Brooks and Martha Fields Minnesota Scholarship at Gonzaga University, which she co-founded in 1977, c/o Gonzaga University, Spokane, Wash. 99258.

      Children:
      1. 1. Living
      2. Living
      3. Living
      4. Living


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  Walter Brooks FIELDS was born on 05 Nov 1875 in Atlanta, AL; died on 27 May 1951 in Minniapolis, MN.

      Other Events:

      • Military Service: 1918, Hennepin, MN; : 42

      Walter married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    2. 5.  Living
      Children:
      1. Fred S. FIELDS was born in 1907.
      2. Marion FIELDS was born in Jun 1908.
      3. Ada I FIELDS was born in 1914.
      4. Virginia FIELDS was born in Mar 1916.
      5. Louise FIELDS died on 27 May 1946.
      6. 2. Walter Brooks FIELDS was born in 29 Oct 1918.

    3. 6.  Arnold Esser

      Arnold married Emma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


    4. 7.  Emma
      Children:
      1. 3. Martha Mabel Esser was born in 1920 in New Ulm, MN; died on 29 Aug 1999 in Edina, MN.
      2. Unknown1 Esser
      3. Unknown 2 Esser
      4. Unkniown3 Esser
      5. Living
      6. Unknown 5 Esser
      7. Unknown 6 Esser
      8. Living