Gregory County, SD Obituaries.....Hughes, Frank January 16, 1927
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Burke Gazette, undated clipping
FRANK HUGES (sic) DIES SUNDAY MORNING

Heart failure said to be the cause of death - Resident of the county for 15 
years - Was in good health and spent Saturday in Burke

Frank Weston Hughes, living several miles southwest of Burke in Jones Township 
passed away at his home Sunday morning at five-thirty a.m. Mr. Hughes spent 
Saturday afternoon in Burke with members of his family looking after business 
matters, greeting friends in the usual way and doing week end family shopping, 
and had been in good health. Dr. Quinn was called to the home Sunday morning 
but death came before he could get there.

Mr. Hughes came to the county 15 years ago and has lived in the vicinity of 
Burke since that time. He has been active in various community affairs and is 
held in high esteem by a large circle of friends. 

The deceased was born in Courtland (sic) County, New York July 17, 1865 and 
died January 16, 1927 at the age of 61 years, 5 months and 28 days. He is 
survived by his wife, Mrs. Daisy Hughes and three grown children: Mrs. Carmen 
Brunz, Mrs. Lucy Van Cleave, and Arnum Hughes, all of Burke, and many other 
relatives in this and Boyd County, Nebr.

The funeral was held in the Burke Methodist Church Wednesday afternoon and the 
remains were taken to the Graceland Cemetery for interment.

The Gazette joins the large circle of friends in extending sympathy in their 
great bereavement.

RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT
Wherein the Lord in his devine wisdom has called from our midst a brother held 
in high esteem by the community at large, and especially so by members of the 
Ponca Creek Local 162 of the Farmers Union, and therefore be it Resolved that 
the members of the Ponca Creek Local extend to the family of the deceased their 
sincere heartfelt sympathy in their great loss and that a copy of this 
Resolution be mailed to the family, published in the Burke Gazette, the Union 
Farmer and also spread on the Minutes of the Ponca Creek Local No. 162 
Committee:
Sam Holmes
Robert Risewick
John Steffen

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