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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 334-335



FRANK G. LUNBECK.

	Frank G. Lunbeck is the secretary and treasurer of the Hickman-
Lunbeck Grocery Company of Greeley and is thus prominently identified 
with the commercial interests of the city. He was born in Chillicothe, 
Ohio, in 1866, a son of Samuel G. and Josephine S. (Scroggs) Lunbeck. 
The father was a farmer and miller and built one of the first grist 
mills in his section of the state. He became a pioneer settler of 
southern Ohio and the mill which he there constructed is still 
standing. In 1870 he removed to Missouri and died a year later, when 
forty-one years of age. In politics he was a stanch republican. In 
early manhood he married Josephine S. Scroggs, a granddaughter of 
Thomas Rogers, who removed from Pennsylvania to Kentucky, becoming one 
of the pioneer residents of the northern part of that state and an 
associate of Daniel Boone. He participated in fights with the Indians 
as the companion of Boone and was a veteran of the War of 1812. He 
became a stanch abolitionist and his home was a station on the famous 
underground railroad, whereby many a negro was aided on his way to 
freedom in the north. He died at the very notable old age of ninety-six 
years and had never experienced a day's illness in his life. His 
remains were interred at Greenfield, Ohio, and it was at that place 
that his granddaughter, Josephine S. Scroggs, was born in the year 
1840. She became the wife of Samuel G. Lunbeck and to them were born 
three children. Mr. Lunbeck was devoted to the welfare of his family 
and found his greatest happiness in promoting their comfort. A devout 
Christian man, he was an active worker in thePresbyterian church and 
his many sterling traits of character won for him the high regard and 
confidence of all who knew him.

	Frank G. Lunbeck acquired his early education in the schools of 
Missouri and afterward pursued a business course in Quincy, Illinois. 
When a young man he embarked in the mercantile business on his own 
account, in Warrensburg, Missouri, and there continued for twenty 
years. In 1907 he came to Colorado, settling in Greeley. Previous to 
this time he had been engaged in the bond investment business in St. 
Louis for three years. After reaching Colorado he was very active in 
organizing the Hickman-Lunbeck Grocery Company, to which he has since 
devoted all of his attention, being active in the control of the 
financial end of the business as its secretary and treasurer. The 
undertaking has proven a profitable one from the beginning and its 
patronage has steadily increased, its ramifying trade relations now 
covering a broad territory. The business methods of the house will bear 
the closest investigation and scrutiny, and unfaltering energy, close 
application and sound business discernment are features in the growth 
of their trade. Mr. Lunbeck is also interested in the Greeley Building 
& Loan Association, of which he is a director.

	In June, 1892, Mr. Lunbeck was married to Miss Camille A. 
Christopher, who was born in Missouri in 1869, a daughter of George K. 
and Elizabeth Christopher. Mr. and Mrs. Lunbeck are members of the 
Presbyterian church, in the work of which they take an active and 
helpful part, the former serving as chairman of its board of trustees. 
He turns to fishing as his favorite pastime. A man of liberal spirit 
and genial disposition, he is always courteous and obliging in manner, 
and the genuine worth of his character has gained for him a circle of 
friends that is constantly growing as the circle of his acquaintance 
broadens.