Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hildinger, Frank J. June 26, 1957
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Lake Odessa Wave-Thursday July 2, 1959

Former Residents Die in Fire
Frank J. Hildinger of Cleveland, Ohio and former local resident and his wife 
lost their lives last Saturday morning trying to reach safety when fire fed by 
bottled gas destroyed a resort lodge in Minnesota. He was 77 and his wife was 70 
years of age.

Mr Hildinger was attending the Minnesota Poultry, Butter and Egg Association 
Convention, June 18-21 at Breezy Point Lodge at Pelican Lake, 20 miles north of 
Brainerd, Minn. He was killed when he jumped from his second story bedroom 
window and struck on his head and his wife died in a Brainerd hospital after 
attempting to slide down a rope and fell about 20 feet.

The blaze breaking out about 5:30a.m. near the kitchen spread rapidly through 
the three story wood structure and adjoining annex. Flames shot 75 feet in the 
air trapping many of the guests. The Lodge was one of the show place resorts in 
northern Minnesota built of logs with 70 rooms in the main building besides the 
annex and 65 cottages in the 370 wooded acres on the lake shores, which was 
built by sportsman and late publisher Capt. Billy Fawcett. Loss was estimated at 
more than a million dollars.

Frank, well known out the country by his association in the egg and poultry 
business, had lived at Cleveland, Ohio, since leaving here about 1930 when he 
became manager of the A.F.Thibodeau Co. plant there, which position he held at 
the time of his death. He spent his early life here and was employed in the 
business for more than 60 years and was first employed by Byron Archer and after 
Archer's death took over the business around 1913.

His first wife Grace Toiles, who passed away in 1942, was also a local girl.

Surviving are a son Roy of Cleveland, Ohio; one sister, MrsAnna Kussmaul of 
Livonia; two brothers, Lawrence of Lansing and Byron of Ann Arbor and other 
relatives.

Funeral services were held Wednesday at Cleveland, Ohio at 2 pm with burial 
there. The Melborn Funeral Home had charge of the arrangements.

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