In 1940, Fred Kessler, 22, a nurse at St. Francis Hospital, lived in the Nurses' Residence. The record indicates that her home in 1935 was McDonald, Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Freda Lois Kessler served in the Army Nurse Corps from August 6, 1941 until February 16, 1942.

According to the U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, Freda Lois Kessler was born on April 20, 1918 in McDonald, Washington County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were Aloysius Kessler and Margaret H. Lutz.

Freda married William Brevard Hawkins, Jr. in 1942 in Leon, Florida.

The death of Freda Lois Kessler Hawkins occurred on September 14, 1994. Her last residence was Moreno Valley, Riverside County, California.

SISTER'S OBITUARY: Rita K. McCarty - Member of Cross Creek Presbyterian Church -- Rita K. McCarty, 68, of Cross Creek Village, Cross Creek Township, died at 5:32 a.m. Sunday, September, 6, 1998, in Washington Hospital. She was born February 14, 1930, in Sturgeon, a daughter of Aloysius and Margaret H. Lutes Kessler. Mrs. McCarty was a member of Cross Creek Presbyterian Church and sang in the church choir. On June 3, 1967, in Winchester, Va., she married Wilson Dean McCarty, who survives in Cross Creek Village. Also surviving are a daughter, Mary Lynn McCarty Houser of State College; a sister, Ferna Squires of Warden, Mich.; several nieces, nephews and cousins and one grandnephew. Deceased are two sisters, Freda, who died in 1994, and Maria, who died in 1991.