Obit: Will, Frank (1890 – 1974)

Transcriber: Stan

Surnames: Will, Rushman, Untiedt, Foster, Jecevicus, Kasper, Schoelzel, Schaffer, Edblom, Schilling, Casey

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 02 Jan 1975

Will, Frank (27 May 1890 – 21 Dec 1974)

Rites were held for Frank Will, 84, Colby, on December 24, 1974 at 11 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Colby, with Francis P. Rushman officiating. Mr. Will died at his home on Saturday, December 21, 1974. Interment was in the parish cemetery.

Pallbearers were Emil Untiedt, Marc Foster, Peter Jecevicus, Harold Kasper, Rudy Schoelzel and Harvey Kasper.

Mr. Will was born in Colby on May 27, 1890 and as a child lived in Sheboygan County until the age of five, when he returned to Colby.

He married the former Margaret Schaffer on June 17, 1919 at Colby. She preceded him in death in 1952.

Mr. Will was a member of St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Catholic Foresters.

Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Arlyn (Zona) Edblom, Colby, Mrs. Ervin (Doris) Schilling, Abbotsford; three sons, Ralph, Neland and Donald, all of Route 2, Colby; a sister, Mrs. Antoinette Casey, Colby; 21 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

In addition to his wife, Mr. Will was preceded in death by a sister, four brothers and a granddaughter.