Obit of Neko "Nick" LAFRENZ (b.1903 d.1962), Rock Co., MN



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This obituary was found in the Luverne Star Herald dated Oct. 18 1962

It is typed just as it appeared in the newspaper.



NEKO LAFRENZ DIES IN KELSO



  Relatives received word Tuesday of the death that morning of Neko 

"Nick" Lafrenz, 59, at Kelso, Wash. He had entered the hospital there 

on Sunday, suffering with a heart ailment.  Funeral services will be 

held Monday or tuesday at Sioux Falls. Miller Funeral Home will be in 

charge of arrangements.  Born in Germany, April 26, 1903, he came to 

the United States with his parents when he was eight years old. They 

lived at Davenport, Iowa, from 1912 to 1919 when they moved to Rock 

County.  The former Rock countain and his wife moved to Kelso a year 

ago in August, from Sioux Falls, where they had resided for about six 

or seven years. Prior to that, they had farmed in Rock and Pipestone 

counties.  Mr. Lafrenz is survived by his widow, the former Florence 

Ward; whom he married in 1932; two sons, Gordon, of Kelso and Gary, 

of Sioux Falls; two grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Bertha Lafrenz, 

Luverne; three brothers, Hans and Henry, of Luverne, and Rudolf, of 

Sioux Falls, and two sisters, Mrs. Ann Ralfs and Mrs. Harley Bell, 

of Luverne .