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'''Freddie Hershey''' (later Curtis) was a [[Los Angeles]] [[fan]], a member of [[LASFS]] in the 1940s and ’50s.
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'''Freddie Hershey''' (born Freda Edelstein, later Curtis, later Harby) was a [[Los Angeles]] [[fan]], a member of [[LASFS]] in the 1940s and ’50s.  She was a founding member of the [[Outlanders]], [[club]] [[secretary]] and an [[editor]] of their [[clubzine]], ''[[The Outlander]]''.  She attended the first [[Westercon]] in 1948, and [[chaired]] [[Westercon 3]].  
  
She was a founding member of the [[Outlanders]], [[club]] [[secretary]] and an [[editor]] of their [[clubzine]], ''[[The Outlander]]''.
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She was married to [[Outlanders|Outlander]] [[Alan Hershey]] from 1941 until about 1951, and then to another [[LASFan]], [[Hal Curtis]], on February 28, 1952.  They were married until at least the mid-1960s.
  
She attended the first [[Westercon]] in 1948, and [[chaired]] [[Westercon 3]].  
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She later married Donavan Harby and they spent the rest of their lives in Hawaii.
  
She married another [[LASFan]], [[Hal Curtis]]. It’s unclear what her relationship was to [[Outlanders|Outlander]] [[Alan Hershey]], who shared her address before that. 
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[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/177817237/fredricka-harby FindAGrave entry. ]
  
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Latest revision as of 18:52, 31 July 2023

(November 10, 1913 – July 31, 1996)

Freddie Hershey (born Freda Edelstein, later Curtis, later Harby) was a Los Angeles fan, a member of LASFS in the 1940s and ’50s. She was a founding member of the Outlanders, club secretary and an editor of their clubzine, The Outlander. She attended the first Westercon in 1948, and chaired Westercon 3.

She was married to Outlander Alan Hershey from 1941 until about 1951, and then to another LASFan, Hal Curtis, on February 28, 1952. They were married until at least the mid-1960s.

She later married Donavan Harby and they spent the rest of their lives in Hawaii.

FindAGrave entry.

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