Lake Co., IN Obit



OBITURARY OF MATHIAS FRANZEN GAZETTE-1914 LAKE COUNTY
MATHIAS FRANZEN, AGED HOBART CIVIL WAR VETERAN, DEAD

MATHIAS FRANZEN, AGE 73, ONE OF THE FEW REMAINING VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR RESIDING IN 
LAKE COUNTY DIED AT HIS HOME IN HOBART, YESTERDAY MORNING FOLLOWING A LONG ILLINESS WITH 
INFIRMITIES OF OLD AGE. IT IS SAID THE THE AGED MAN LEAVES ONLY TWO VETERANS OF THE 
REBELLION NOW LIVING IN HOBART. THEY ARE NATHANIEL P. BANKS , PRESIDENT OF THE FIRST STATE 
BANK OF HOBART AND FRANK SMITH RETIRED.

MR. FRANZEN HAD BEEN A RESIDENT OF HOBART FOR THE LAST DECADE COMING TO THIS COUNTY FROM 
TEXAS WHERE HE RESIDED FOR MANY YEARS AFTER THE GREAT WAR.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. FRANZEN WILL BE HELD MONDAY MORNING AT ST. BRIDGET'S CATHOLIC 
CHURCH, HOBART AND BURIAL IN CALVERY CEMETERY


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