Obituary: Rock County, Wisconsin: Emily FRANTZ

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Submitted by Ruth Ann Montgomery, <rmontgomery@cishome.com> June 2005

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Mrs. Emily Frantz died at her home in this city on Tuesday afternoon, Aug.
26, 1902. She was born in Pennsylvania in 1824 and was married to Nathan
Frantz in 1846. She came to Wisconsin in 1862. The deceased has been a
member of the M. E. church since girlhood. A husband, four sons, and three
daughters, namely, Joshua and Lev., both of this city, Luther of Belvidere,
and John of Aurora, Ill., Mrs. Lizzie Clave of Chicago, Mrs. Nettie France
of Gilroy, California, and Mrs. Ida Jones of this city, are left to mourn
the loss of a most devoted wife and mother. The funeral services were held
at the residence on Thursday morning, Rev. J. Sewell officiating. Interment
in the cemetery in this city.

August 30, 1902, p. 1, col. 5, The Badger, Evansville, Wisconsin


Mrs. Emily Frantz, aged 78 years, departed from this life at her home in
this city, Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 26, 1902, about 4 o'clock, after a long,
painful illness from a tumor.

The deceased was born in Kunkletown, Pa., Oct. 31, 1824; was married to
Nathan Frantz, Sept. 5, 1846; moved to Wisconsin, near Janesville, in 1862;
came to this city in 1867. She became a member of the M. E. church in an
early day, in which she has always been an ardent christian worker. She
leaves a husband, four sons, and three daughters to mourn their sad loss of
a most kind, indulgent mother, whom everybody loved and respected.

The funeral was held at the home, Thursday morning, at 10:30 o'clock; Rev.
H. Sewell, officiating, assested by our resident M. E. pastor, Rev. Webster
Millar.

September 2, 1902, p. 2, col. 7, Tribune, Evansville, Wisconsin