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Mary Elizabeth <I>Simmers</I> Frank

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Mary Elizabeth Simmers Frank

Birth
Rockingham County, Virginia, USA
Death
Mar 1943 (aged 95)
Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Townley, Allen County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Frank, 95, who died at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Jones of 1702 Spring street, following a long illness will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Mungovan & Sons' mortuary, and 2:30 o'clock at the Sugar Ridge United Brethren church, Rev. Robert Faust Sheaffer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Born in Rockingham county, Va., Mrs. Frank resided most of her life in Jackson township, coming to Fort Wayne six years ago upon the death of her husband, Lemuel Frank. She remembered many incidents of the Civil War, having been injured while watching a battle that took place on her father's farm in Virginia. She was a member of Sugar Ridge church and taught Sunday school at the Baldwin U. B. church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Dora Brookens of Jonesboro, Ark.; two sons, J. O. Frank of Gordon, Wis., and C. H. Frank of this city; a sister, Mrs. Matilda Carrier living in Allen county; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Frank, 95, who died at 5:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Oscar Jones of 1702 Spring street, following a long illness will be held Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at Mungovan & Sons' mortuary, and 2:30 o'clock at the Sugar Ridge United Brethren church, Rev. Robert Faust Sheaffer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Born in Rockingham county, Va., Mrs. Frank resided most of her life in Jackson township, coming to Fort Wayne six years ago upon the death of her husband, Lemuel Frank. She remembered many incidents of the Civil War, having been injured while watching a battle that took place on her father's farm in Virginia. She was a member of Sugar Ridge church and taught Sunday school at the Baldwin U. B. church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Dora Brookens of Jonesboro, Ark.; two sons, J. O. Frank of Gordon, Wis., and C. H. Frank of this city; a sister, Mrs. Matilda Carrier living in Allen county; 14 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.


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