6/22/1892 - 6/29/1972
George Franks, 79,dies at hospital
George W. Franks, 79, of 953
Bridge street, Portland, retired employee of Portland Forge, Inc.; died
Thursday at the Jay county hospital after a long illness.
Surviving
are his wife, Elizabeth; two daughters, Mrs. Ruth Lykins, of Portland, and
Mrs. Claren (Helen) Neuenschwander of Berne; four sons, George, Jr., of
Portland, Robert of Bryant route 2, Charles E. of Port Arthur, Tex., and
Fred of Madisonville, Ky.; two stepsons, a step daughter, two half-brothers,
14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Rites will be held at
3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Williamson & Spencer funeral home in Portland,
with burial in Center cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after
2:30 p.m. today.
Decatur Daily Democrat, Adams County, IN , Friday, June 30, 1972
(Contributed by Janice Vasilovski)
Forwarded by
Karin King
Buried in Center Cemetery