Hertha Emma Eisenmenger^[1]

1916 - 2019  (102 years)

• Name	Hertha Emma Eisenmenger  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]
  Nickname	Tah
  Birth	10 Oct 1916	Cleveland OH   [3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10]
  Gender	Female
  Naturalized US Citizen	13 Jan 1922
  Education	1934	A.B. Davis High School, Mt. Vernon NY
  Education	1938	Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA
  	Zoology major
  Education	1941	Yale Nursing School, New Haven CT
  	Nursing MS degree
  Married Name	Flack
  Residence	1942	Wilton CT
  	WWII - after Jim joined the Navy & married Tah, they moved to Wilton CT while Jim went to flight school in Boston
  Residence	1943	Miami FL
  	WWII - stationed in Miami for short time
  Residence	1944	Minneapolis MN
  	WWII - stationed for another short period, Jim II born in April
  Residence	1944	Chicago IL
  	WWII - stationed in Chicago. Drove mid-winter from Miami in a rickety unheated 2-seater with holes in the floor boards.
  Residence	1944	Norman OK
  	WWII - Unclear dates
  Residence	1945	Danbury CT
  	Lived in Sonny & Ernst Weber's vacation home at Candlewood Lake. Sonya Karen born on Nov 19.
  Residence	1945	Dallas TX
  	WWII - final station near end of war
  Residence	1946	Westford MA
  	1946-50 abt - lived in 2 homes before spending a year in Puerto Rico
  Residence	1950	San Juan PR
  	1950-51 abt - Jim & family was re-located to San Juan for a year while working for Textron. Returned to Westford MA in time for Suzanne M. (Tita) birth.
  Residence	1952	Westford MA
  	1952-54 abt - lived in 2 homes, including the large yellow house across from the Frost School. Tita is born 4 Mar 1952
  Residence	1955	623 Wilderness Road, Tryon NC 28782
  	1955-62 moved in Aug to Tryon NC, road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway
  Residence	1962	New York NY
  	1962-75 moved to NYC, 3 addresses, kept Tryon NC home for summer/vacations
  Residence	1975	Tryon NC
  	JMF-HEF moved back to Tryon NC after Jim's retirement in Dec 1974.
  Residence	2004	615 Laurel Lake Drive, Columbus NC 28722
  	Moved in Jan to Tryon Estates, assisted living community (Apt 145)
  Death	23 Mar 2019	Tryon Estates, Columbus NC
  Cremation	28 Mar 2019	Tryon NC Holy Cross Episcopal Church
  Notes	JMF-HEF-WSM TIMELINE ----------------------------------------------------------- 1907 WSM (Wray S Monroe) born in Colorado: 2 Aug 1907 1913 JMF (James M Flack) born in Baxter MS: 29 Aug 1913 1916 HEF (Hertha E Flack) born in Cleveland OH: 10 Oct 1916 1934 HEF graduated A.B. Davis High School, Mt Vernon NY 1935 JMF graduated Delta State Teachers College, Cleveland MS 1935-1939 JMF Principal at Shaw MS High School 1938 HEF graduates from Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA 1939-1942 JMF Yale Divinity School, Divinity Degree 1941 HEF graduated Yale Nursing School, New Haven CT 1941 JMF-HEF marriage at Mt Vernon NY: 30 Aug 1941 1942-1945 JMF Commissioned Naval Officer __abt-1942 Stationed in Boston (flight school-lived in Wilton CT) __abt-1943 Stationed in Miami FL __abt-1944 Stationed in Chicago IL __abt-1944 Stationed in Minneapolis MN, JMF II born: 20 Apr 1944 __abt-1944 Stationed in Norman OK (date unclear) __abt-1945 Stationed in Dallas TX 1945 JMF-HEF Lived in Danbury CT 1945 Sonya Karen born Danbury CT: 19 Nov 1945 1946 JMF Standard Oil Corp of NJ, Employee Relations Depart 1946-1950 lived in Westford MA - 2 homes 1946-1953 JMF Textron, Inc. Officer, subsidiary Director 1948 Robert Frank born Westford MA: 19 Feb 1948 1950-1951.abt JMF-HEF lived in San Juan PR: 1123 Piccioni Calle 1952-1954 JMF-HEF lived in Westford MA - 2 homes 1952 Suzanne Margaret born Westford MA: 4 Mar 1952 1953-1972 JMF Indian Head, Inc, Vice-president, Director 1955-1962 JMF-HEF moved from Westford MA to Tryon NC: Aug 1955 1962-1975 JMF-HEF moved to New York City, 3 addresses, kept Tryon home 1972-1974 JMF Indian Head, Inc, Vice-chairman (retired Dec 1974) 1975 JMF-HEF moved back to Tryon NC 1989 JMF died in Moscow: 16 Jun 1989 1993 HEF-WSM marriage Tryon NC: 21 Jan 1993 2001 WSM died: 21 Sept 2001 2004 HEF moved to Tryon Estates, Columbus NC (assisted-living community) ----------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTS ON HERTHA'S PAINTING Inspired by a lifetime of travel, Hertha Flack's recent landscape paintings are rendered in bold, rich color. Her work is most often in the impressionistic style, occasionally tending toward abstract. Ms. Flack, who has painted for over 25 years and has had several successful one-person shows, has exhibited in numerous states and is a member of several art organizations. She now works mainly in acrylics. She has studied with Carole Barnes, Carrie Brown, Maxine Masterfield and Mary Todd Beam. Her home and studio are in Tryon, North Carolina. June 1934, Hertha graduated from High School in Mt. Vernon. She had applied for admission to Swarthmore College. SWARTHMORE SCHOLARSHIPS The Flack Achievement Award, established by Jim and Hertha Flack in 1985, is given to a deserving student who, during his or her first 2 years at the College, has demonstrated leadership potential and a good record of achievement in both academic and extracurricular activities. The Flack Faculty Award is given for excellence in teaching and promise in scholarly activity by a member of the Swarthmore faculty to help meet the expenses of a full year of leave devoted to research and self-improvement. This award acknowledges the particularly strong link that exists at Swarthmore between teaching and original scholarly work. The president gives the award based upon the recommendation of the provost and the candidate?s academic department. This award is made possible by an endowment established by James M. Flack and Hertha Eisenmenger Flack ?38. SWARTHMORE 1938 YEARBOOK - HALCYON HERTHA EMMA EISENMENGER Lab haunting Hertha Emma Eisenmenger is the foremost product of Third East's ability to rouse sleepy heads, have its vertebrae counted, send forth a member with the right date near the right time all on a Saturday night. In return, the corridor may be favored with a wordless rendition of a new song, a constant supply of food, the thrill of having a night picture snapped from a rainy window sill. Appreciative of her roommate's kindness in explaining jokes and her leniency in the matter of lima beans, Hertha plays favorites, breaking a rule by remembering the roommate's name. MAJOR: Zoology HOME: 159 Lorraine Ave, Mt Vernon, NY Yale School of Nursing Class of 1941 HIGH SCHOOL Graduated 1934 from A.B. Davis High School Mt. Vernon, NY MARRIAGE TO WRAY MONROE Wedding ceremony on Thurs 1/21/1993, followed by honeymoon trip to Hong Kong on 1/26. Wray takes annual trips sponsored by the Rotary Club for free clinical dental work.
  Person ID	I12	Flack Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Hugo Emil Eisenmenger,   b. 7 Jul 1874, Vienna AT d. 28 Aug 1950, Bronx NY (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Sonya Escherich,   b. 22 Jan 1895, Graz AT d. 4 Jul 1984, Oetz, Tyrol AT (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1913	Vienna AT
  Divorce	Aug 1936	Reno NV
  Notes	1915 version of tree has marriage date as 21 Jun 1913
  Family ID	F9	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Husband 1	James Monroe Flack, I,   b. 29 Aug 1913, Baxter MS d. 16 Jun 1989, Moscow RU (on tour) (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	30 Aug 1941	159 Lorraine Ave, Mt Vernon NY
  	Type: Civil
  Children	+ 1. Sonya Karen Flack + 2. Suzanne Margaret Flack + 3. James Monroe Flack, II + 4. Robert Frank Flack
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Mar 2019

  
  

  Husband 2	Wray Stockton Monroe,   b. 2 Aug 1907, Colorado d. 21 Sep 2001, Tryon NC (Age 94 years)
  Marriage	21 Jan 1993	Tryon NC
  	Type: Civil
  Family ID	F38	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2019

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 10 Oct 1916 - Cleveland OH Education - 1934 - A.B. Davis High School, Mt. Vernon NY Education - Zoology major - 1938 - Swarthmore College, Swarthmore PA Education - Nursing MS degree - 1941 - Yale Nursing School, New Haven CT Marriage - Type: Civil - 30 Aug 1941 - 159 Lorraine Ave, Mt Vernon NY Residence - WWII - after Jim joined the Navy & married Tah, they moved to Wilton CT while Jim went to flight school in Boston - 1942 - Wilton CT Residence - WWII - stationed in Miami for short time - 1943 - Miami FL Residence - WWII - stationed for another short period, Jim II born in April - 1944 - Minneapolis MN Residence - WWII - stationed in Chicago. Drove mid-winter from Miami in a rickety unheated 2-seater with holes in the floor boards. - 1944 - Chicago IL Residence - WWII - Unclear dates - 1944 - Norman OK Residence - Lived in Sonny & Ernst Weber's vacation home at Candlewood Lake. Sonya Karen born on Nov 19. - 1945 - Danbury CT Residence - WWII - final station near end of war - 1945 - Dallas TX Residence - 1946-50 abt - lived in 2 homes before spending a year in Puerto Rico - 1946 - Westford MA Residence - 1950-51 abt - Jim & family was re-located to San Juan for a year while working for Textron. Returned to Westford MA in time for Suzanne M. (Tita) birth. - 1950 - San Juan PR Residence - 1952-54 abt - lived in 2 homes, including the large yellow house across from the Frost School. Tita is born 4 Mar 1952 - 1952 - Westford MA Residence - 1955-62 moved in Aug to Tryon NC, road trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway - 1955 - 623 Wilderness Road, Tryon NC 28782 Residence - 1962-75 moved to NYC, 3 addresses, kept Tryon NC home for summer/vacations - 1962 - New York NY Residence - JMF-HEF moved back to Tryon NC after Jim's retirement in Dec 1974. - 1975 - Tryon NC Marriage - Type: Civil - 21 Jan 1993 - Tryon NC Residence - Moved in Jan to Tryon Estates, assisted living community (Apt 145) - 2004 - 615 Laurel Lake Drive, Columbus NC 28722 Death - 23 Mar 2019 - Tryon Estates, Columbus NC Cremation - 28 Mar 2019 - Tryon NC Holy Cross Episcopal Church  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos » Slide Show		Hertha Eisenmenger Flack A commissioned oil portrait by artist Richard Christian Nelson. The painting was done to send to San Francisco for a large family wedding since she cannot make the trip herself.
  		Hertha Eisenmenger Swarthmore, senior 1938 yearkbook photo
  		Hertha Eisenmenger
  		Tah Flack At Jennifer Bonnell's wedding (grand daughter), age 89
  		Betty & Norm Frost Family friends and Tryon neighbor on Wilderness RD
  		Jim & Tah Flack Possibly soon after Jim was commissioned in the Navy in 1942
  		Jim & Tah Flack Out for dinner
  		Tah Flack In Wyoming family reunion, 90 age
  		Hertha Eisenmenger Hertha as teenager in Oetz AU
  		Jim and Hertha on their wedding day With family in the backyard at 159 Lorraine Ave, Mt Vernon NY: Peter, Greta and Sonny

  
  

  Documents » Slide Show		Hertha Eisenmenger Wedding announcement
  		Hertha Eisenmenger & James Flack wedding 8/30/1941 wedding ceremony in the Mt Vernon backyard of Sonya Escherich-Weber and Ernst Weber, gown description, guests.
  		Hertha Eisenmenger & James Flack wedding Marriage license recorded and wedding plans
  		Collected Memoirs Stories and recollections by Hertha Flack
  		Hertha Flack & Wray Monroe Marriage certificate: 21 Jan 1993
  		Hertha & Greta Eisenmenger passport
  		Hertha E. Flack Death Certificate
  		Hertha Emma Eisenmenger Birth Certificate
  		Hertha Flack Obituary
  		Hertha Flack Funeral Service Bulletin Funeral at the Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon NC Molly Douglas Turner, Officiant
  		Hertha Emma Eisenmenger Certified Birth Certificate, Cleveland OH
  		Oetz/Piburg AU Remembrance Tryon Estates friends discovered they are familiar with Hertha's ancestral homeland in Austria after years of enjoying the area on vacation.
  		Ambling and Scrambling on the Appalachian Trail (book) Jim & Tah Flack's tales and letters reporting on their adventures on the Appalachian Trail
  		US Naturalization Certificate Certificate for Hugo, Charlotte (age 26), and minor children: Hertha Emma (5) and Margaret Hedwig (3), immigration from Austria
  		Flack commissions portrait to send to San Francisco --by Samantha Hurst Longtime Tryon resident, Tah Flack recently commissioned an oil portrait from artist Richard Christian Nelson. The painting was done to send to San Francisco for a large family wedding since she cannot make the trip herself.
  		In Memoriam Charlotte Sonya Weber 1895-1984, Cape Cod, Massachusetts Memorial service for "Sonny" Weber held at a Flack family reunion at Eastham, MA. Writings, remembrances, poetry and a song at a multigenerational gathering.
  		Trumpeltier - Hertha the hotly beloved trampling animal Tah reflects on her foray with dance as a teenager: klutzy daughter turned out to be the star pupil in the Isadora Duncan group in New York City, then attends the Metropolitan Opera School for the ballet corps. "Deep in my heart, I knew that I would never be a top dancer."
  		SS Veendam Passenger List with Eisenmenger family US Citizens list arriving in New York on 11 Sep 1934 from Rotterdam. "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-G58S-H1H?cc=1923888&wc=MFK9-GPD%3A1029980101 : 21 May 2014), 5545 - vol 11934-11935, Sep 10, 1934 > image 212 of 817; citing NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

  
  

  Headstones

  Plaque commemorating Hertha E. Flack 1916-2019 Burial plaque at the Memorial Park of the Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon NC Plot: Memorial Park at Holy Cross Episcopal Church, Tryon NC

  
  

  Histories » Slide Show		All in a Days Living vol-1 (of 3) Hertha and Jim Flack Recollections INTRODUCTION Dear Kids: This manuscript is made up of recollections of the past. Most of these memories were preserved in my Mare's Nest and in Tah's file of letters. Fortunately, Tah had requested her mother, Sonya, to save her letters home which she wrote regularly from Puerto Rico. My mare's nest, as most of you know, has been the storage drawer for my notes and miscellany for a long, long time ...
  		All in a Days Living vol-2 (of 3) Hertha and Jim Flack Recollections
  		All in a Days Living vol-3 (of 3) Hertha and Jim Flack Recollections

  
  

  Videos		Tah & Jim Flack Wedding Backyard wedding at 159 Lorraine Ave, Mt. Vernon NY
  		Slideshow for Oma's 100th Birthday A retrospective collection of family images

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] James & Hertha Flack, Ambling and Scrambling on the Appalachian Trail, (Sewall Co - 1983), ISBN-10: 091795310X, ISBN-13: 978-0917953101. [S439308767] Minnesota Department of Health, Minnesota, Birth Index, 1935-2000, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Minnesota Department of Health; Saint Paul, Minnesota; Minnesota, Birth Index, 1935-2000. [S418858690] Ancestry.com, 1930 United States Federal Census, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Year: 1930; Census Place: Mount Vernon, Westchester, New York; Page: 12B; Enumeration District: 0223; FHL microfilm: 2341396. [S439308561] Ancestry.com, U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), "U.S., School Yearbooks, 1880-2012"; School Name: Swarthmore College; Year: 1938. [S418858771] Ancestry.com, New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), Year: 1924; Arrival: New York, New York; Microfilm Serial: T715, 1897-1957; Microfilm Roll: Roll 3565; Line: 20; Page Number: 131. [S418858696] Ancestry.com, U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S418858808] Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S439308809] Ancestry.com, Sweden, Emigration Registers, 1869-1948, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), utvandrarlistor. [S439308811] Ancestry.com, Gothenburg, Sweden, Passenger Lists, 1869-1951, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S439308818] Ancestry.com, UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successors: Inwards Passenger Lists.; Class: BT26; Piece: 1108.