Frese, John Benjamin Henry, Sr. 1870-1961

SCHUTTE, FRESE, BOONE, WHORTMAN, INGWERSON, ABBOTT

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 1/8/2010 at 20:06:46

Funeral services were held Tuesday of last week for Ben Frese, Sr. of Monona who passed away March 5 at Postville Hospital.

John Benjamin Henry Frese, son of Herman Henry and Louisa (Schutte) Frese was born at Guttenberg on October 16, 1870, and died after an illness of only a few days at the Postville Hospital on March 5, 1961, at the age of 90 years, four months and 17 days.

He was baptized at Guttenberg and educated in the Iowa School for the Deaf at Council Bluffs. On October 16, 1907, he was married to Harriett Boone and they lived to celebrate their golden anniversary together. He was a cobbler by trade, although he also worked for the railroad 11 years.

He was preceded in death by his wife, more than a year ago and by two children, Robert and Helen, as well as by one grandchild, one brother William, and four sisters: one in infancy, Lizzie (Mrs. Jake Whortman), Anna and Minnie (Mrs. John Ingwerson). Surviving to mourn are two sons, Ben of Monona and Edward of Postville; four grandchildren; and three great grandchildren; one brother, Ed of Homestead, and one sister, Mattie (Mrs. J. M. Abbott) of Guttenberg; several more distant relatives; and numerous friends.

Postville Herald newspaper clipping from my mother's obituary collection.

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Added by Richard O'Brien June 2013:
He has an Allamakee co. Death Record
Burial is in the Monona City cemetery