Photo Page 5
Fife Family Genealogy
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Fife brothers & sister in 1907.
Samuel Robinson, 05/19/1902 - 05/06/1966
Sara Grace, 09/01/1904 - 05/30/1990
Richard Lee Fife, 05/13/1900 - 1962 |
Rachel Elizabeth Miller Fife in
1925.
August 11, 1902 - January 16, 1955 |
Rae Miller & Sam Fife following
their 1920 graduation from
Clairton High School. |
Sam & Rae Fife in front of the
family home near Beaver, PA
where they moved in 1947. |
Rachel Elizabeth Miller Fife
was the only child of Robert H. Miller (1877-1940) and Louella
Bovard Miller (1879-1947). Rae was born in Cherry Valley, a small
village just south of Emlenton, PA. When she was young, the family
moved to the Pittsburgh suburbs of Wilkensburg and Crafton before
residing in an area neighboring West Elizabeth, PA. Rae Miller
and Sam Fife began dating when they were students at Clairton
High School.
After high school graduation,
Rae entered nurses training and Sam began a career in engineering
and construction, They were married in Clairton on August 30,
1924. Sam's work was mainly as Erecting Engineer engaged in the
construction of steel mill coke batteries. He retired from Pittsburgh-based
Koppers Company in 1964. Sam and Rae had four children, two boys
and two girls. In 1939, the family moved from Franklin, PA to
Clairton, and in 1947 they settled on a farm near Beaver, Pennsylvnia.
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Brothers, sisters, and father, left
to right:
Sam Fife Jr, Rae Nancy Fife, Sam Fife Sr,
Sally Fife, and Bob Fife (year 1954) |
Brothers & sisters, left to
right:
Sally Fife, Bob Fife, Rae Fife Zuberbuhler,
and Sam Fife, Jr. (year 2001) |
Rae and Sam Fife's four children
are Samuel Robinson Fife Jr. (b 08/24/1926), Robert Lee Fife
(b 04/21/1933), Sally Lou Fife (b 10/23/1934), and Rae Nancy
Fife Zuberbuhler (b 09/21/1937).
Sam Jr. and his wife, Lee, reside
at the farm near Beaver, PA. They have one married daughter who
lives in Cleveland with her husband and two children. Sally Fife
and her husband, John Dumbrill, live in Santa Rosa, CA. Sally
has three married children and three grandchildren. Rae and Dick
Zuberbuhler have a lovely country home near Beaver Falls, PA,
and their two married daughters and three grandchildren live
in Pittsburgh suburbs.
Bob Fife is retired and living
in Florida. His son, Eric, resides in Denver, CO where he did
his graduate studies and where he's now employed in the computer
software business. Bob's daughter and Eric's sister, Robyn, passed
away in November 2001 after an extended illness. She was very
much loved and hers is truly a tragic loss. Refer to the section
About Bob and to a few pictures of
Robyn on photo page 6.
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