Obit: Franz, Adolph L. #2 (1896 - 1967)

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Surnames: Franz, Albert, Noah

----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.)   07/13/1967

Franz, Adolph L. #2 (10 MAR 1896 - 20 JUN 1967)

Adolph Ludwig Franz, son of the late August K. and Alvina Noah Franz, was born March 10, 1896, in the Town of Warner, Clark County.  Here he grew to manhood, receiving his education in the Decker School and later became a cheesemaker in this community. 

He was called into the service of his country during World War I and served overseas.  On his return, he and his brother Fred took up farming at Sidney, Mont., until July 1946 when he was stricken with a stroke that left him a wheelchair patient for the rest of his life.

He passed away at the Greenwood Nursing Home, Portland, Oregon, June 20^th, 1967.  The body was brought to the Hill Funeral Home where it lay in state from Sunday until Monday, June 26^th, when it was taken to the Immanuel United Church of Christ.  Services were held here at 2:00 p.m. Monday, with Rev. David Logue officiating.  Burial was made in the West Side Cemetery.  Military rites were conducted by the Wallis-Hinker American Legion Post 238.

During the service the church choir sang "Beautiful Garden of Prayer" and "Abide With Me," accompanied by Mrs. Walter Schwarze at the organ.

The pallbearers, all nephews of the deceased, were Richard Acker, Lyle Verhulst, Allen Fravert, Paul Franz, LeRoy Fravert and Joe Horrall.

Mr. Franz, a single man, is survived by four brothers, Fred and Harold, Sidney, Mont.; Calvin, Greenwood, Otto, Mesa, Ariz., and a sister, Mrs. Alvin (Leona) Albert, Greenwood.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Mrs. Otto (Alma) Fravert.

Those from out of town who attended the services were: Mr. and Mrs. Fred Franz, Harold Franz, Sidney, Mont.; Otto Franz, Mesa, Ariz.; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Horrall and family, Fargo, N.D.; Miss Cilla Kippenhan, Neillsville; August Kippenhan, Appleton; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Decker, Spencer; Mr. and Mrs. Karl Laube, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Laube, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Wendt, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Franz, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Schwarze, Mrs. Selma Churkey, Owen; Miss Joyce Albert, Lyle Bulgrin, Karl Franz, Marshfield; Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Verhulst, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gray, Loyal; Paul Franz, Elk Mound; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Franz, Boulder Junction; and Mrs. Martha Kippenhan, Kenosha.