Obit: Lupient, Frank (1868 - 1942)

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Surnames: Lupient, Borreson, Thayer, Olson, Schiszek, Haks, Kademan, Stevens, Sorenson, Matthias, Thompson, Hawks, Laabs, Erickson, Maki, Bender, Moecke, Hanson, Sullivan, Porter

----Sources: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 02/12/1942

Lupient, Frank (7 May 1868 - 3 Feb. 1942)

Frank Lupient of Curtiss died on Thursday, Feb. 3, at the age of 73 years, heart failure being the cause of his death. Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 6, at the Ev. Lutheran church at Curtiss, Rev. G. E. Borreson officiating, and internment was made in the church cemetery. Pall bearers were William Thayer of Unity, Oluf Olson of Neillsville, Felix Schiszek, Emmet Haks, Oscar Kademan and Wm. Stevens. Those in charge of the flowers were Mrs. Morris Sorenson, Mrs. Felix Schiszek, Mrs. Frank Matthias, Mrs. Arthur Thompson, Mrs. Clara Thompson and Mrs. Emmett Hawks.

A quartet composed of Mrs. Arthur Laabs, Mrs. Theo. Thompson, Mrs. A. M. Erickson and Mrs. Wm. Maki, with Mrs. G. E. Borreson at the organ, sang "Rock of Ages" and "My Faith Looks Up to Thee."

The deceased was born May, 7, 1868, at Necedah, Wis., and was married to Clara Bender in August 1900, at Marshfield, Wis. He is survived by four daughters - Mrs. Fred Moecke (Lucille) and Mrs. Adolph Hanson (Lorraine) of Junction City, Miss Marion Lupient of Marinette and Mrs. James Sullivan (Alta) of Wisconsin Rapids. Two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. He moved to Curtiss with his parents as a child, went to school there and then moved to Marshfield with his parents where he lived until 1909 when he and his wife and family moved onto a farm two and one-half miles northeast of Curtiss where he lived until his death. Ten days before his death he was taken to the home of his daughter, Mrs. Adolph Hanson, at Junction City. He was in poor health for several years and seriously ill the past six months.

Relatives from out of town here for the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Fred Moecker and son of Pardeville, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Hanson and daughter of Junction City, Mrs. James Sullivan and daughter of Wisconsin Rapids, Miss Marion Lupient of Marinette, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lupient and sons, Robert and Raleigh, Mrs. Julia Lupient, Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Bender, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Bender, Mrs. L. Bender and son of Marshfield, Mrs. Howard Bender of Auburndale, Guy Porter of Necedah, Wallace Lupient of St. Paul and William Bender and sons of Tipler, Wis.