Christian Frey (1933)

FREY

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 2/2/2007 at 11:02:22

Winterset Madisonian-Winterset, Iowa
August 31, 1933

Those from a distance attending the funeral of Christian Frey held Thursday August 24 were: Mr. and Mrs. George Shertz and son Jesse, Miss Ida Troyer, Mrs. Maggie King, Mrs. Harry Carlock, Miss Ida Stutzman and Mr. and U. G. Stuzman of Carlock, Illinois; Mrs. Anna Troyer of Bloomington, Illinois; Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hull of Oskaloosa; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Cook of Des Moines, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Comp of Patterson; Tom and George Jackson and Thomas Hircock of Winterset and Mrs. Fred Lentz of Arcadia, California.
_________________________

Winterset Madisonian, page 4, column 1
Thursday, August 31, 1933
Week's Letter From Earlham

Word was received here Tuesday morning of the death of Chris Frey at the home of his son Harry. Mr. Frey had suffered a stroke a few weeks ago and had been very ill since. The funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church in Earlham with Rev. McEldowney preaching the sermon. Music was furnished by a mixed quaraette composed of S.C. Welch, Mrs. Charles Soderburg, Mrs. Arthur Marks and Mervyn McLennan.

Mr. Frey was born in Illinois in 1847 and later moved to this community. He leaves his wife and four children, Mrs. Fred Lentz of Arcadia, California, George and Harry of Earlham and Jess of California. Six children have preceded their father in death. Mr. and Mrs. Frey celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1922. For the past few years since their increasing age Mr. and Mrs. Frey had made their home with their son Harry and family on the farm south of town. Mr. Frey was a member of the Earlham Methodist church.

Burial was in the Earlham cemetery with Roy Fry, Raymond Smith, John Frederick, Walter Eiscle, Otis Craven and Art Cook acting as pallbearers.

Gravestone Photo
 

Madison Obituaries maintained by Linda Griffith Smith.
WebBBS 4.33 Genealogy Modification Package by WebJourneymen