Franklin, 43, Celina, died at 10:37 in Otis Hospital following a stroke of apoplexy. He had been ill two weeks and entered the hospital the day before.
On Dec 12, 1934, he married Rita Fischer, who survived him.
Also surviving were three sons, Franklin Jr., Collegeville, IN, and James Paul and Michael Richard, both at home; four daughters, Mary Jane, Barbara Anne, Judith Jean, and Elizabeth Kay, all at home; two brothers, Harry, Los Alamos, NM, and Richard, Lake Orion, MI; and four sisters, Mrs. Cecil Bond, Valparaiso, IN, Mrs. Forest Taylor, Pontiac, MI, Mrs. Walter Cooper, Van Wert, and Mrs. Carl Longstreth, Middle Point.
He was employed as a welder at the plant of the New Idea Farm Equipment Company, Coldwater, where he was a trustee of the Local Union 4839, United Steel Workers. He was active in Boy Scout work and a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Funeral services were held at the church, with Rev. Marcellus Fortman officiating.
On Dec 12, 1934, he married Rita Fischer, who survived him.
Also surviving were three sons, Franklin Jr., Collegeville, IN, and James Paul and Michael Richard, both at home; four daughters, Mary Jane, Barbara Anne, Judith Jean, and Elizabeth Kay, all at home; two brothers, Harry, Los Alamos, NM, and Richard, Lake Orion, MI; and four sisters, Mrs. Cecil Bond, Valparaiso, IN, Mrs. Forest Taylor, Pontiac, MI, Mrs. Walter Cooper, Van Wert, and Mrs. Carl Longstreth, Middle Point.
He was employed as a welder at the plant of the New Idea Farm Equipment Company, Coldwater, where he was a trustee of the Local Union 4839, United Steel Workers. He was active in Boy Scout work and a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Funeral services were held at the church, with Rev. Marcellus Fortman officiating.
Franklin, 43, Celina, died at 10:37 in Otis Hospital following a stroke of apoplexy. He had been ill two weeks and entered the hospital the day before.
On Dec 12, 1934, he married Rita Fischer, who survived him.
Also surviving were three sons, Franklin Jr., Collegeville, IN, and James Paul and Michael Richard, both at home; four daughters, Mary Jane, Barbara Anne, Judith Jean, and Elizabeth Kay, all at home; two brothers, Harry, Los Alamos, NM, and Richard, Lake Orion, MI; and four sisters, Mrs. Cecil Bond, Valparaiso, IN, Mrs. Forest Taylor, Pontiac, MI, Mrs. Walter Cooper, Van Wert, and Mrs. Carl Longstreth, Middle Point.
He was employed as a welder at the plant of the New Idea Farm Equipment Company, Coldwater, where he was a trustee of the Local Union 4839, United Steel Workers. He was active in Boy Scout work and a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Funeral services were held at the church, with Rev. Marcellus Fortman officiating.
On Dec 12, 1934, he married Rita Fischer, who survived him.
Also surviving were three sons, Franklin Jr., Collegeville, IN, and James Paul and Michael Richard, both at home; four daughters, Mary Jane, Barbara Anne, Judith Jean, and Elizabeth Kay, all at home; two brothers, Harry, Los Alamos, NM, and Richard, Lake Orion, MI; and four sisters, Mrs. Cecil Bond, Valparaiso, IN, Mrs. Forest Taylor, Pontiac, MI, Mrs. Walter Cooper, Van Wert, and Mrs. Carl Longstreth, Middle Point.
He was employed as a welder at the plant of the New Idea Farm Equipment Company, Coldwater, where he was a trustee of the Local Union 4839, United Steel Workers. He was active in Boy Scout work and a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception.
Funeral services were held at the church, with Rev. Marcellus Fortman officiating.
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Memorial information compiled from The Lima News, Apr 23, 1954
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