Fortman Rev. Edmund J., S.J. b. 21 Jul 1901 6836 N. Ridge Blvd. Chicago, Illinois d. 25 Jan 1990 Loyola Univ. Lake Shore Campus, Chicago, IL

1901 - 1990

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Title	Rev.
Suffix	S.J.
Birth	21 Jul 1901	6836 N. Ridge Blvd. Chicago, Illinois
Gender	Male
Died	25 Jan 1990	Loyola Univ. Lake Shore Campus, Chicago, IL [1]
Buried	31 Jan 1990	Jesuit Plot, All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, IL
Person ID	I050	Schmit(t)... Schmidt...Smith...Fortmann...Fortman....Bourcier...Boursier.....Morris
Last Modified	8 Sep 2012

Father	Fortmann Frederick, b. 30 Mar 1869, 4099 N Robie St, Evanston now 6710 N Seeley Ave Chicago, IL , d. 2 Jan 1955, St. Francis Hospital, Evanston, IL
Mother	Smith Louisa aka Louise, b. 6 Jul 1871, 6836 N. Ridge Ave, Chicago, IL , d. 1 Nov 1956, 6836 N Ridge, Chicago, Illinois
Married	25 Apr 1894	St Henry's Church, Chicago, IL
Family ID	F013	Group Sheet

Photos		1931.....Rev. Edmund Fortman, SJ
		1975......Fr. Edmund Fortman PHD SJ.......age 74....Professor Emeritus, Theology, Loyola University, Chicago.......Son of Frederick Fortmann and Louisa Schmidt Smith
		1903.........Edmund Fortman......age 20 Months
		1903......Edmund Fortman.....age 20 months....third Son of Frederick Fortman and Louisa Schmidt Smith.
		1911...March...Edmund Fortman (age 11) next to south-side basement door at 6836 N. Ridge Blvd. Chicago.....note...Sun Room not yet built...cotton ball tree is a least 30 years old, sprouted in 1879.....now, 2007.....128 yrs old.
		1916, July...Edmund Fortman on bicycle on front lawn at 6836 N. Ridge Blvd. Chicago
		Christmas Cresch 1916 at the Formann's on Robbie St. Chicago......Edmund and Albert Joseph …
		1918.....Edmund Fortman driving with his Brother Albert Joseph in rear. At the Fortmann House at 6710 Seeley St, previously 4099 Robie St..
		1921, June....Frederick Fortmann, (age 52) Louisa Smith Fortman (age 50) and standing, Fred, (age 26) Edmund, (age 20) Lawrence, (age 25) seated Albert Joseph (age 16) on south lawn of 6836 N. Ridge, Chicago
		1936.......Frederick Fortmann,.......age 67 and Sons, Frederick Peter,....age 41.....Fr. Edmund......age 35....Albert Joseph......age 31.....Lawrence Anthony......age 40......on the south lawn of the Ridge House.
		January 5, 1918 a sled in front of the Fortmann Home at 4099 Robie Street (today: 6710 Seeley)
		1871 House ........photo: March,1903........The Fortman Boys: Frederick Peter, Age 9, Lawrence Anthony, Age 7, Edmund Age 2..................Peter Schmidt's Victorian House built in 1871 at 6836 N. Ridge...it is 32 yrs. old in this photo...Peter died in the back bedroom here last year...the house now belongs to Louisa Schmidt Fortman and her husband Frederick. Married 8 yrs. Their Son Albert Joseph, not pictured will be born in 17 months. This Son will receive the house from his Mother in 1937. Albert Joseph will Will the house to his Son, David who will take title upon his father's death 7 Sep 1987. This house has thus been in the Schmidt Fortman lineage for 136 years................................................................................ Note the Greenhouses in the back, the carriage shed on the North side, the kerosene lamp in the bow window and the scalloped upstairs bedroom shade. The house does not yet have city sewers which will be laid in Ridge Ave. next year. The chimney cap is typical of the period as is the European grape-vine lattice a few feet south of the front porch. The bulkhead wooden-door can be seen to be open on the south side behind the large tree....................Louisa Smith Fortmann, Mistress of the house in this picture is age 32.

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Ordination: June 24th, 1934..........1st Mass: July 1st, 1934.....St Henry's Catholic Church, Chicago, IL

Sources

[S2265] David A. Fortman, records at 6836 N Ridge Chicago, IL davidfortman@hotmail.com.
Rev. Edmund (known as Mun) Fortman, SJ. died in the priest's dormitory after battleing prostrate cancer for 10 years. An acclaimed Professor of Theology and writer of 4 books (The Triune God being one title) he spent the bulk of his professional life teaching Jesuit Novitiates at West Baden, Indiana. I knew him for his sense of humor -- 10 heavens? when he returned for Christmas to his Mother's house on Ridge for his favorite strawberry shortcake and her chili. He was 88.