FREIN, Fredrick John, Rev. 1888-1944
FREIN, HEIMER, WILSON, KASEL, JORDAN, WOLF
Posted By: County Coordinator (kermit)
Date: 2/20/2011 at 14:32:16
#1:
Father Frein of
Webster City DiesWebhter City, Iowa — Father F. I. Frein, 56, of the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic church here, died last night in a Fort Dodge hospital following a major operation.
Father Frein was a chaplain in World War I and had served as state chaplain of the American Legion and of the Elks.
Funeral services will be held Monday.
[Carroll Times Herald, Wednesday, April 5, 1944]
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#2:
Stacyville,Iowa — Rev. Fr. Fritz Frien, 56, at a Fort Dodge hospital after a major operation.
He was born on a farm near Stacyville in 1888, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Frien.
He leaves his mother; four brothers and four sisters: Matt, McIntire; Ed, St. Anthony; Henry, Stacyville; Joe, Osage; Mrs. Jess Wilson, Garner; Mrs. Rudy Kasel, Marshalltown; Mrs. Will Jordan, Anamosa, and Mrs. Art Wolf, Stacyville.
Father Frien has been pastor of Webster City Catholic church the last eight years; prior to that he served at St. Anthony for 13 years; served as army chaplain in World War I in overseas duty; he later served as state chaplain of the American Legion.
A memorial mass will be held at Webster City Tuesday morning and the body will then be brought to Stacyville where mass will be said at 10 o'clock; it will be a military funeral; burial in Stacyville [Visitation] Cemetery.
[Waterloo Courier, Sunday, April 9, 1944]
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#3:
Father Frederick John Frein 1888-1944
Father Frein of Webster City Dies
Webster City — Father F. I. Frein, 56, of the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic church here, died last night in a Fort Dodge hospital following a major operation.
Father Frein was a chaplain in World War I and had served as state chaplain of the American Legion and of the Elks.
Funeral services will be held Monday.
[Carroll Times Herald, Wednesday April 5, 1944]
(Credit: DM Scott)
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Stacyville — Rev. Fr. Fritz Frien, 56, at a Fort Dodge hospital after a major operation.
He was born on a farm near Stacyville in 1888, son of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Frein.
He leaves his mother, four brothers and four sisters, Matt, McIntyre; Ed, St. Anthony; Henry, Stacyville; Joe, Osage; Mrs. Jess Wilson, Garner; Mrs. Rudy Kasel, Marshalltown; Mrs. Will Jordan, Anamosa, and Mrs. Art Wolf, Stacyville.
Father Frein has been pastor of Webster City Catholic church the last eight years; prior to that he served at St. Anthony for 13 years; served as army chaplain in World war I in overseas duty; he later served as state chaplain of the American Legion.
A memorial mass will be held at Webster City Tuesday morning and the body will then be brought to Stacyville where mass will be said at 10 o'clock; it will be a military funeral; burial in Stacyville [Visitation] Cemetery.
[Waterloo Courier, Sunday, April 9, 1944]
(Credit: DM Scott)
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#5:NOTES:
a. Parents:
Anton Frein (1858-1940)
Mary Heimer Frein (1864-1946)b. See tombstone photo in IaGenWeb GPP (Link below).
c. Portrait below is from image on his tombstone in Visitation cemetery.
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