Frederick Streicher

Frederick Downes Streicher, 73, of Glastonbury, CT., died February 12th, at Hartford Hospital. He was born in Philadelphia, PA. on Oct. 17, 1937 to Frederick and Virginia Downes Streicher. He was the beloved husband of Myrna Joyce Gansmann Streicher to whom he was married on June 17, 1961.

Fred graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in June 1959, with a degree in aeronautical engineering. In June 1969, he received a master degree from Renssslaer Graduate Center. Upon graduation from college in 1959, Fred received a commission as an officer in the U.S. Army. He served two years active duty from July 1959, to July 1961, in St. Louis, MO, with the U.S. Army Transportation Material Command. After his active duty service, Fred served six years in the Army Reserve and was discharged as a Captain in 1969.

Fred worked for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of United Technologies for 39 years until retirement in 1999. Fred volunteered as a Glastonbury Little League Coach and a Hartwell Club soccer coach for eight years, and also volunteered in leadership positions in the Glastonbury Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts for several years. He enjoyed traveling (spending a week or more vacationing in all 50 states and many foreign countries), gardening, coin collecting, model railroading and fishing in Maine. He was a member of Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hartford, CT.

Besides his beloved wife, Fred is survived by their sons John Streicher and his wife Sherri (Schmitz) and their sons Jevon and Corbin of Beaverton, OR, and James Streicher, M.D. and his wife Linda (Goodman) and their daughters Sydney and Wesley of Mendham, NJ. He is also survived by a brother and sister-in-law Richard and Donna Kagy and their sons Richard and Ronald of Granite City, IL, cousins Nancy Meane and Mary Ritter and nieces Stacey Stilby and Stephanie Lopez. Fred was predeceased by his parents and his sister Suzanne Follett.

Burial will be private at Valhalla Cemetery in Belleville, Illinois, with service at the gravesite. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to an organization of the donor’s choice.