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Eleonora Vernon “Nell” <I>De Fremery</I> Minetti

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Eleonora Vernon “Nell” De Fremery Minetti

Birth
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA
Death
26 May 1967 (aged 93)
Burlingame, San Mateo County, California, USA
Burial
Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
de Fremery Family Plot
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Married violinist Giulio Minetti at Oakland, June 9, 1912. Was daughter of old pioneer family and grew up in the family mansion in Oakland, CA. Was educated at University of California, Berkeley, and a teacher and principal. Eleanor organized locally the "National Women Defender's of America" and was President of The East Bay League of Women Voters. There were no children of this marriage.

Photo of her sisters, most of whom remained spinsters. The last and youngest child of this family was a son, Donald de Fremery who had no children. Sisters left to right:

Grace de Fremery
Eleanora "Nell" de Fremery - md. Julio Minetti
Susan de Fremery
Mary "Pol" de Fremery - md. David Atkins
Louise de Fremery
Jessie Virginie de Fremery
Alexandra "Lex" de Fremery

OAKLAND TRIBUNE - SATURDAY, May 27, 1967

Mrs. Elinor
Minetti
Dies at 93

Mrs. Elinor Minetti, 93, a descendant of the pioneer de Fremery family, died yesterday in a Burlingame rest home.

Mrs. de Fremery was raised in the de Fremery home at 77 Fairmont Avenue, and received her schooling in Oakland. She was the daughter of William C.B. de Fremery, who with his brother James, operated the San Francisco Savings Union. de Fremery Park is located on the site of her uncle's estate.

Mrs. Minetti was the widow of Giulio Minetti, a conductor of the Sinfoinetta Society of San Francisco, a member of the San Francisco Symphony and a lifelong friend of conductor Arturo Toscanini. Both Mrs. Minetti and her husband taught music at their home at 2615 California Street, San Francisco, which was a center of cultural activity.

She is survived by her sister, Susan, at the Fairmont home, and a brother, Donald, San Rafael.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Gothic Chapel, Mountain View Cemetery. Services are under the arrangement of the Albert Brown Mortuary.
Married violinist Giulio Minetti at Oakland, June 9, 1912. Was daughter of old pioneer family and grew up in the family mansion in Oakland, CA. Was educated at University of California, Berkeley, and a teacher and principal. Eleanor organized locally the "National Women Defender's of America" and was President of The East Bay League of Women Voters. There were no children of this marriage.

Photo of her sisters, most of whom remained spinsters. The last and youngest child of this family was a son, Donald de Fremery who had no children. Sisters left to right:

Grace de Fremery
Eleanora "Nell" de Fremery - md. Julio Minetti
Susan de Fremery
Mary "Pol" de Fremery - md. David Atkins
Louise de Fremery
Jessie Virginie de Fremery
Alexandra "Lex" de Fremery

OAKLAND TRIBUNE - SATURDAY, May 27, 1967

Mrs. Elinor
Minetti
Dies at 93

Mrs. Elinor Minetti, 93, a descendant of the pioneer de Fremery family, died yesterday in a Burlingame rest home.

Mrs. de Fremery was raised in the de Fremery home at 77 Fairmont Avenue, and received her schooling in Oakland. She was the daughter of William C.B. de Fremery, who with his brother James, operated the San Francisco Savings Union. de Fremery Park is located on the site of her uncle's estate.

Mrs. Minetti was the widow of Giulio Minetti, a conductor of the Sinfoinetta Society of San Francisco, a member of the San Francisco Symphony and a lifelong friend of conductor Arturo Toscanini. Both Mrs. Minetti and her husband taught music at their home at 2615 California Street, San Francisco, which was a center of cultural activity.

She is survived by her sister, Susan, at the Fairmont home, and a brother, Donald, San Rafael.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the Gothic Chapel, Mountain View Cemetery. Services are under the arrangement of the Albert Brown Mortuary.


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