William Frederick Triebel
and
Grace May (Fero) Triebel

   The photo on the left was taken in Florida in 1939.  The photo on the right was probably taken about the same year (Dad says Will didn't keep the walrus mustache long), but I'm not sure of the location.

 Grace May (Fero) Triebel (1874 - 1945), daughter of Christopher Fero and Adelia (Stiles) Fero, first wife of William Frederick Triebel.

 William Frederick Triebel (1875-1952) moved the family from Cohoes to Dutchess County early in the twentieth century.  They moved around Dutchess County a bit before settling in Red Hook, where Will founded Triebel's Garage in the spring of 1917 (see the Triebel's Garage page).  In later life, they became what we would nowadays call "snowbirds."  They had a summer cottage on Lake George in upstate New York, where their grandchildren remember visiting them.  Will and Grace lived the rest of the year in Florida, eventually buying a house there so their grandchildren could visit them (the hotel where they had been living would not allow children).  After Grace died, Will married Pallie (last name unknown) of Florida (1896-1976 per the Social Security Death Index).

 The house the Triebels bought in Coral Gables, Florida.

 Will and Grace Triebel on their fiftieth wedding anniversary.

 A photo of Grace with her son William Franklin (my grandfather) and her daughter Florence (identity confirmed by one of Florence's children).  This looks to have been taken around the same time as the snapshots below.

Snapshots of William Frederick Triebel and his family at their house on Taylor Street in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess Co., NY circa 1915

•  William Frederick Triebel and Grace May (Fero) Triebel.

•  From left:  William Franklin Triebel, Florence (Triebel) Rifenburg, and their mother Grace May (Fero) Triebel.

•  The Triebel house in Poughkeepsie circa 1915.  The quality of the photo we have is too poor to determine who that is in the car out front, but it might be William Frederick Triebel.

•  The Triebel house in Poughkeepsie circa 1915.  The quality of the photo we have is too poor to determine who that is in the car out front, but it might be Grace Triebel with her son William Franklin behind the wheel.

•  The Triebel cottage at Lake George, New York.  This photo was taken from the lake looking at the house sometime in the winter of 1942-3.

•  A photo of the cottage looking from the front toward the lake.  This was taken in the summer sometime in the 1940s.

•  Will in front of the cottage showing off some flowers.  Probably taken in the late 1940s.

•  This is Will's Chris-Craft boat.  It was his pride and joy and the grandchildren were not allowed around it unless he was present.  I was told that Will had always wanted to take this boat down the Intracoastal Waterway, but Grace was concerned about safety and wouldn't let him.

•  Will made boats for a hobby and apparently kept several of them at the cottage.  Here, he and his son, William Franklin Triebel, are transporting a boat on the back of an old car.  It looks like a rather ungainly process, doesn't it?  The date of this photo is unknown, but it looks like it may have been taken in the 1930s (see a similar photo on William Franklin Triebel's page).

•  Three rowboats (probably made by Will) tied together.  My father and his older brother are in the first boat, one of their Rifenburg cousins is in the second, and Duke the dog is in the third.  This was probably taken some time in the 1940s.

Grace May Triebel, 71, died unexpectedly at the home of her daughter Mrs. James Rifenburg, N. Broadway, this village Tuesday morning.  Although she had been sick for a long period her passing was sudden.

Born in Latham's Corners, daughter of the late Christopher and Adelia Stiles Fero, she made her home in the village of Red Hook for the past 28 years but had lived a greater part of the time in Florida and Lake George.  Mrs. Triebel was a member of the Red Hook Methodist Church.

She is survived by her husband William F. Triebel, Red Hook; one son Wm. Franklin, here; one daughter Mrs. (Florence) Rivenburg (sic.), here; 4 grandsons, Seaman Donald T. U.S.N., W. LeRoy Triebel, and Charles Triebel and Ronald Rifenburg, all of Red Hook; 4 granddaughters, Gloria May and Marilyn Rifenburg, Audrey and Elma Triebel and a number of nieces, nephews and cousins.

The funeral of William F. Triebel, native and former resident of this city who died at his Coronado Beach, Fla., residence, Tuesday, was held at 2 p.m. today from the residence of his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Franklin Tribel (sic.) of Red Hook.  Interment was in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery.  Mr. Triebel was born in Cohoes, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Triebel and moved to Red Hook many years ago where he conducted a garage and machine shop.  He moved to Florida five years ago.  His first wife, the former Grace Fero, formerly of this city, died in 1945.  Survivors besides his daughter-in-­law are his second wife, Mrs. Palestine Triebel of Coronado Beach, Fla., a daughter, Mrs. James Rifen­burg of Red Hook; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and a half-sister, Mrs. Mabel Lanegan of Schenectady.

Will and Grace are buried in Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Dutchess Co., NY with their two daughters who died in childhood.

 

The inscription is difficult to read even in person and with good light.  It reads as follows:

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