Submitted by Nadine Hardin

Name in Obituary:  Frank Joseph Goepfrich

Names mentioned:  Goepfrich, Beck, Strasser, Resnik

South Bend Tribune, Obituaries; Saturday, March 16, 1968.

Frank Joseph Goepfrich, 80, Rt. 3, Long Lake, Three Rivers, Mich., died early today in Three Rivers Hospital, where he had been a patient for 2 1/2 weeks. Mr. Goepfrich was born Aug. 11, 1887, in Panhahen <Pamhagen>, Austria, coming to the United States as a child. He attended schools in South Bend. For many years he was an employee of Singer Manufacturing Co., South Bend.  On May 11, 1909, he married Louise E. Beck in South Bend. She preceeded him in death. They had lived in South Bend until 1950, when they moved to Three Rivers. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Frank Strasser of West Covina, Calif.; four sons, Francis and Edmund, both of Three Rivers, and Leo and Raymond, both of South Bend; 16 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two sisters, including Mrs. Mary Resnik of South Bend, and a brother, Rudolph, of South Bend. Friends may call at the Halverson Funeral Home, Three Rivers, after 1 p.m. Sunday. The rosary will be recited there at 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Immaculate Conception Church, Three Rivers, with Rev. LeRoy White, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery, Three Rivers.