Frank was born at Middle Ridge, Wisconsin. Before joining the Franciscan Capuchins at age 44, he worked for many years on a farm. He was a reliable, hardworking farmhand. When he sought more out of life, his pastor introduced him to the Capuchins at Mt. Calvary.
After being received as a Third Order Brother, Francis was put to work on the farm which provided food not only for the Friars but also for the college. Frank was successful both in term of the quantity of the produce yielded, as well as its quality. His produce always won top honours at the local county fairs. When he entered the Milwaukee State Fair of 1927, he won premium awards in no less than 46 categories of culinary vegetables, all duly recorded in that year's Wisconsin horticulture magazine.
When the farm at Mt. Calvary was discontinued, Frank was placed in charge of the garden at Marathon. For ten years his efforts bore the same results as at Calvary. Frank also wrote a book on vegetable gardening, but it was never published.
Rheumatism ended his farming days and Frank returned to Calvary for a few months, before heading to Huntington. Stomach problems, which doctors later suspected to be cancer, landed Frank in the Fort Wayne hospital. Since his pain was only intermittent, doctors believed that his condition was not urgently serious. All of a sudden, however, his temperature spiked, he fell into a coma, and died at 73 years of age, after 30 years of religious life. Frank is buried at Huntington.
After being received as a Third Order Brother, Francis was put to work on the farm which provided food not only for the Friars but also for the college. Frank was successful both in term of the quantity of the produce yielded, as well as its quality. His produce always won top honours at the local county fairs. When he entered the Milwaukee State Fair of 1927, he won premium awards in no less than 46 categories of culinary vegetables, all duly recorded in that year's Wisconsin horticulture magazine.
When the farm at Mt. Calvary was discontinued, Frank was placed in charge of the garden at Marathon. For ten years his efforts bore the same results as at Calvary. Frank also wrote a book on vegetable gardening, but it was never published.
Rheumatism ended his farming days and Frank returned to Calvary for a few months, before heading to Huntington. Stomach problems, which doctors later suspected to be cancer, landed Frank in the Fort Wayne hospital. Since his pain was only intermittent, doctors believed that his condition was not urgently serious. All of a sudden, however, his temperature spiked, he fell into a coma, and died at 73 years of age, after 30 years of religious life. Frank is buried at Huntington.
Frank was born at Middle Ridge, Wisconsin. Before joining the Franciscan Capuchins at age 44, he worked for many years on a farm. He was a reliable, hardworking farmhand. When he sought more out of life, his pastor introduced him to the Capuchins at Mt. Calvary.
After being received as a Third Order Brother, Francis was put to work on the farm which provided food not only for the Friars but also for the college. Frank was successful both in term of the quantity of the produce yielded, as well as its quality. His produce always won top honours at the local county fairs. When he entered the Milwaukee State Fair of 1927, he won premium awards in no less than 46 categories of culinary vegetables, all duly recorded in that year's Wisconsin horticulture magazine.
When the farm at Mt. Calvary was discontinued, Frank was placed in charge of the garden at Marathon. For ten years his efforts bore the same results as at Calvary. Frank also wrote a book on vegetable gardening, but it was never published.
Rheumatism ended his farming days and Frank returned to Calvary for a few months, before heading to Huntington. Stomach problems, which doctors later suspected to be cancer, landed Frank in the Fort Wayne hospital. Since his pain was only intermittent, doctors believed that his condition was not urgently serious. All of a sudden, however, his temperature spiked, he fell into a coma, and died at 73 years of age, after 30 years of religious life. Frank is buried at Huntington.
After being received as a Third Order Brother, Francis was put to work on the farm which provided food not only for the Friars but also for the college. Frank was successful both in term of the quantity of the produce yielded, as well as its quality. His produce always won top honours at the local county fairs. When he entered the Milwaukee State Fair of 1927, he won premium awards in no less than 46 categories of culinary vegetables, all duly recorded in that year's Wisconsin horticulture magazine.
When the farm at Mt. Calvary was discontinued, Frank was placed in charge of the garden at Marathon. For ten years his efforts bore the same results as at Calvary. Frank also wrote a book on vegetable gardening, but it was never published.
Rheumatism ended his farming days and Frank returned to Calvary for a few months, before heading to Huntington. Stomach problems, which doctors later suspected to be cancer, landed Frank in the Fort Wayne hospital. Since his pain was only intermittent, doctors believed that his condition was not urgently serious. All of a sudden, however, his temperature spiked, he fell into a coma, and died at 73 years of age, after 30 years of religious life. Frank is buried at Huntington.
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