Frank Theodore “Ted” Wright (1881-1936)

CALIGER, CUNNINGHAM, LAUFERSWEILER, PRIDE, WASEM, WELSH, WRIGHT

Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:59

The Sioux City Journal
Sioux City, Iowa
Wednesday, October 14, 1936
Page 2, Column 1

Eagle Grove, la. – Special: Frank Wright, 55, familiarly known as "Ted" Wright, died at his home Monday following an extended sickness. He had been a locomotive engineer on the Chicago and Northwestern railway for many years, but was retired.

Funeral services will be held at Sacred Heart church in Eagle Grove at 9 a. m. Wednesday, with Rev. P. Malloy in charge, and burial will be made in Calvary cemetery by Kubitschek & Kastler. He is survived by the widow; one son, George of Eagle Grove; a daughter. Helen of Rochester Minn., and one brother, John A. Wright of St. Paul.

Mr. Wright was a son of the late George Wright, pioneer merchant and banker of this city.
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The Eagle Grove Eagle
Eagle Grove, Iowa
Thursday, October 15, 1936
Pages 1/12, Columns 8/1,2

Former Engineer Frank (Ted) Wright died at his home in this city at 5 a.m. Monday. For nearly seven years he has been fighting off a throat ailment which was diagnosed as a form of cancer. Treatment at Rochester, Minn. proved of some benefit, but the doctors there some six years ago predicted that he had but a few months to live. But he fought off the ravages of the disease and by sheer will power prolonged his life for a number of years. During the summer and fall months, his condition grew steadily worse, and the end was but a matter of time.

Mr. Wright was born on a farm near Eagle Grove April 18, 1881. He attended Eagle Grove high school and then went to work for the Northwestern railroad as fireman, starting Dec. 21, 1901. He was promoted to engineer, Feb. 15, 1906, terminating his service with the railroad when sickness made continuance impossible. He was then placed on the pension list after nearly 30 years of continuous, faithful service.

Obituary

Frank (Ted) Wright was born on the Wasem farm just south of the present Country Club site on April 18, 1881, being the oldest son of Geo. Wright and Katherine Wasem. He lived in Eagle Grove all his life and was educated in the public schools of the city. Thereafter he worked with his father in his general merchandise store until Dec. 21, 1901 when he entered the service of the Chicago Northwestern Railway as fireman. On Feb. 15, 1906 he was promoted to the rank of engineer, in which capacity he continued to serve until August 1930, when he was retired on account of ill health. He was an active member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, serving as local chairman for seven years.

He was united in marriage to Viola Welsh on Feb. 15, 1905 to which union were born a son, George Wright, an attorney located in Eagle Grove, and a daughter, Helen Wright, a registered nurse located at Rochester, Minn., all of whom survive him.

He passed away after a lingering illness Monday morning, Oct. 12, 1936. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, conducted at Sacred Heart church and Calvary cemetery by Rev. P. Molloy, assisted by Rev. Paul Maguire of Waverly.

Those attending the funeral from out of town were John A. Wright of St. Paul, Minn., Mr. and Mrs. Loring W. Caliger and son, Wesley of Webster City, Charles Laufersweiler and daughter, Mary, Will, Bertha, and Elsie Laufersweiler and Miss Ellen Wasem, all of Ft. Dodge. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pride of Ames, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Cunningham of Storm Lake, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Welsh of Chicago, and M. C. Welsh of Huron, So. Dak.

Card of Thanks

We wish to thank our neighbors and friends for their many acts of kindness and sympathy shown us during the illness and death of our husband and father.

Mrs. Wright, George, and Helen
Age: 55 yrs; 5 mo; 24 da
Burial October 14, 1936
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[Transcriber’s Note: Obituaries transcribed as published. Middle name was taken from the 1895 Iowa, U. S., State Census Collection.]