FRITSCH, Henry F. (1887-1962)

FRITSCH, RUBY, SINCLARE, SIMPER, SMITH

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society (email)
Date: 3/10/2016 at 15:44:29

Former Garner man dies at Owatonna

Garner - Graveside services for Henry F. Fritsch, a former Garner businessman, will be Tuesday at 11:30 a. m. at the St. Boniface Catholic Cemetery in Garner. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. L. B. Striegel will officiate.

Funeral services for Fritsch, 75, will be at Owatonna, Minn., St. Josephs Catholic Church at 8:30 a.m., Iowa time. Fritsch operated a photo studio in Owatonna for the past 50 years. Prior to that, he had a studio in Garner.

Survivors are his wife Adelphine; a son Fredrick; two daughters, Jean of Columbus, Ohio and Mrs. William Ruby of Owatonna; brother Rudy Fritsch of Garner and two sisters, Rose Fritsch and Mrs. Robert (Margurite) Sinclare, both of Minneapolis.

source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 2 Jul 1962, page 15

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Henry F. Fritsch

Henry F. Fritsch was born in Europe, May 17, 1887, son of Frederick and Anna (Simper) Fritsch, natives, of Austria. They came to America in 1893 and located at Garner, Iowa, where they still reside. Henry F. received his education in Austria and came to America with his parents in 1893; he attended school at Garner for about three years and then entered the studio with his father and after he had learned the business formed a partnership with his father, and conducted a branch at Thompson, Iowa, for one year, when he sold out and bought a studio at Mason City, Iowa, in 1905, which he conducted for four years when he again sold out and came to Owatonna and purchased the old Mueller studio at 132 West Vine street. He is now the sole owner and proprietor and has met with marked success. He was married May 20, 1908, to Miss Adolphina Smith, of Garner, Iowa. In politics Mr. Fritsch is an independent voter, and in his religious belief he is Catholic. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and of the K. of C. He makes his home at his studio on Vine street; he has won his success by his efforts and enjoys the respect of all who know him.

Source: History of Rice & Steele Counties, Minnesota, Illustrated, Vol. II; Compiled by Franklin Curtiss-Wedge (1910) transcribed by Susan Geist