Merle Mamie Dierolf^{[1, 2]}

1904 - 2003  (98 years)

• Name	Merle Mamie Dierolf
  Born	18 Apr 1904	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	03 Apr 2003	Beverly, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I066860	Strausstown Roots | Dierolf.A, Fertig.P
  Last Modified	12 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Harvey F Dierolf,   b. 04 Jan 1878, District Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 06 Apr 1934, Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Lillie S Wetzel,   b. 05 Sep 1875, Longswamp Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania ,   d. 11 Jul 1942, Boyertown, Berks County, Pennsylvania  (Age 66 years)
  Married	23 Nov 1899	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F16712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Streeter S Stuart,   b. 03 Jun 1908, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma ,   d. 28 Jun 1993, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts  (Age 85 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living
  Family ID	F36229	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S201] Miscellaneous Newspapers. A memorial service and private burial was held for Merle M. (Dierolf) Stuart, 98, in Beverly, MA, who died April 3. She was the widow of Streeter Stuart, who was a Boston WBZ radio and television newsman. Born in Reading, she spent most of her early years in Bechtelsville and Boyertown. She was employed for several years at the former Bally Ribbon Mills. Stuart attended Anderson University in Indiana. She was a leader in women's activities and church projects, she taught classes and coordinated inter-faith prayer meetings in the Boston Area. In 1979, she and her husband, assisted by their daughter, opened the Belmont Nutrition Center. She was also the founder of the Boston Orthomolecular Society. Surviving are two sons, the Rev. Dr. Streeter S. Stuart, Jr. of Lansdale; and the Rev. Dr. Douglas Stuart of Boston, MA and a daughter, Tuyla M. Stuart of Danvers, MA. Also, a sister, ten grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and several nieces & nephews. The memorial service was held at First Church, Congregational of Boxford, MA. [S201] Miscellaneous Newspapers. Merle M. (Dierolf) Stuart, a nutrition buff, a deeply religious woman, and the wife of radio and television announcer Streeter Stuart, died of pneumonia April 3 in Beverly Hospital. She was 98 and lived in Danvers. "She said she knew the reason she lived so very long was because she benefited from very careful nutrition," said her son, the Rev. Douglas Stuart, of Bradford, a teacher at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. "She just believed that God wanted us to be as physically well as we could be to do his work." Mr. Stuart traced his mother's faith to her own parents, and her passion for nutrition to a mysterious illness she suffered in 1950.