OBITUARY: Frank Wright Annis, 1865-1934, Mitchell County, Iowa
            
[1934]




               FRANK W. ANNIS DIED SUDDENLY FRIDAY MORNING

    Had Been a Sufferer From Disease for Long Time, But Had Been Better

Frank Annis, one of Mitchell county's most useful men, ended his long career
last Friday morning, August 31, when he passed quietly and suddenly away
while reading a newspaper.  Mr. Annis' health had been bad for several
years, and it was known that the end was likely to come at any  time, but
there had been some recent improvement.  The day previous he had been up
town, and had walked around in the yard at this residence.

Franklin Wright Annis, the son of Jere Wright and Lucia Hitchcock Annis,
was born in Osage, Iowa, on  Sept. 29, 1865. He was educated in the public
schools of Osage, and in the Cedar Valley seminary; and at the age of 17
entered upon his business career which he carried on actively for the next
fifty-two years, entirely in the city of Osage.

In 1882 he entered the employ of the American Express company as agent,
continuing there until entering the Osage National Bank in 1888.


                     Forty-two Years With the Smith Company

In 1892 he became associated with the late James A. Smith, and upon the
incorporation of the Jas. A. Smith Lumber company he was made vice president
and general manager, which position he held continuously until his death.

In addition to his activities as a lumberman he was connected intimately
with the banking of Mitchell county and was at the time of his death
president of the Home Trust & Savings Bank and vice president of the Osage
Farmers National Bank and the St. Ansgar Citizens State Bank.
                                                                                 Married in 1885
Mr. Annis married Katherine D. Whitaker in 1885, and she survives him,
together with a daughter, Mrs Lester J. Ahrens; three grandchildren, Frank
Annis Ahrens, Lester J. Ahrens, jr., and Jere W. Ahrens; a sister, Mrs.
W.D. McCabe, Boulder, Colo. And a brother, Dr. Homer B. Annis, Minneapolis.

Mr. Annis joined the Congregational church of Osage in 1893 and was for more
than forty years an active and loyal supporter of all its activities, being
especially interested in its Sunday school which he taught whenever time
and opportunity permitted.

He was a member of Osage lodge No. 102, A.F. & A. M. Osage Chapter No. 36,
Royal Arch Masons, Couer de Leon Commandery No. 19 Knights Templar; El Kahir
Temple Ancient and Arabic Order of the Mystic Shrine; and the Modern Woodmen
of America.

In his passing this county loses a far-seeing student of economics, a
careful businessman, a conscientious adviser, and a highly valuable citizen.



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