Obit of Zephrin FRASER
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Surnames:  FRASER, WESCOTT, LA_DUKE, WHALEN, CLANCY, VAN_ZILE, OSBORNE
           BAILEY, O'BRIEN

OLD RESIDENT CALLED - May 7, 1912
FOREST LEAVES NEWSPAPER---WISCONSIN STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY
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Zephrin Fraser, one of North Crandon's earliest pioneers of Forest
County, Wisconsin, passed away at his home in this village at 7:50 last
Tuesday morning of brights disease, after having been ill but two weeks.  Deceased was born at Three Rivers, Canada, July 24, 1853, of
French parentage.  His parents died when he was very young leaving him
to care for himself at an early age.  Mr. Fraser was married at DePere
in 1879 to Mary Wescott, who still survives him, together with his
sister, Mrs. Eleanor (Elzear) LaDuke of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin and
his brother Fred, of Rapid River, Delta County, Michigan.

In 1884 he came to this county after spending a number of years on the
Great Lakes, and settled down on a farm near this place, where he lived
until about four years ago when he entered the hotel business and took
charge of the Milwaukee House, which he had charge of until his death.
He has held many offices, both town and school, being Town Treasurer at
the time of his death, which office he was elected for the third
consecutive time this spring, and having held that office several times
before.

The funeral which was held from St. Mary's Church Thursday morning was 
one of the largest ever held in this place, the large number who
followed him to his last resting place in the Catholic cemetery is
evidence of the high position he held in the hearts of those who knew
him so many years.  Friends and relatives from out of town who attended
the funeral were: Mrs. E LaDuke, Chippewa Falls, Mr. and Mrs. W.D.
Whalen, Fon Du Lac, Mr. and Mrs. James Clancy, Rhinelander, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. VanZile, C.G. Osborne, G.E. Bailey, E. Wyman and P. Shay of
Crandon and Mr. and Mrs. T.W. O'Brien of Hiles.