Pink, Frank Sr. 1828-1905

PINK, RIFFER, SELBHER, RUMBAUGH, FOGARTY, CORDRAY

Posted By: Barbara Hug (email)
Date: 11/20/2004 at 16:04:21

This morning at 8 o’clock, at his home about six miles west of this city, occurred the death of Frank Pink, Sr. The funeral will be held Monday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. at the Sugar Grove Church, and the interment will be in the Metz Cemetery. ~ The Newton Daily News, Saturday, May 13, 1905, Page 1, Column 1

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Death of Father Pink

Frank Pink, an old and esteemed citizen of Sherman township, died last Saturday morning, aged 76 years, 12 months and 23 days. Mr. Pink was born in Belgium, July 21, 1828, where he grew to manhood.

He was married to Paris, in September, 1855, to Miss Susan Riffer, a native of Luxemburg, Germany, and then came to America in 1858, first settling in Chicago. He followed railroading for a while, and when the Rock Island road was being built through Jasper county, he helped lay the rails between Grinnell and Des Moines, and was so pleased with the country that he came to Newton with his family and was the first section foreman on the Rock Island here.

He afterward moved to Metz, but for the many years he has lived on the farm where his death occurred. and where his aged companion passed away three years ago. Of a family of ten children, seven survive the parents: William, Peter and Andrew Pink, Mrs. John Selbher, Mrs. Chas. Rumbaugh, Mrs. James Fogarty and Mrs. James Cordray. William and Mrs. Selbher were born in Paris. Father Pink enjoyed the confidence and respect of everybody who knew him. By strict attention to work, sterling integrity and conscientious dealings he became one of the highly esteemed and substantial citizens of Jasper county, and his death will be mourned by a large circle of friends.

Owing to the storm on Monday afternoon the funeral was conducted by Rev. E. F. Leake at the home instead of at Sugar Grove as intended. The interment was in the Metz cemetery. ~ unknown paper,