Obit: Grap, Franklin (? - 1957)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 
 

Surnames: Grap, Hinker, Lemke, Reindel, Chopp, Hartung  
 

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) November 28, 1957 
 

Grap, Franklin (? - 23 November 1957) 
 

Funeral services for Franklin (Kaiser) Grap, 57, of Madison, who died November 23, at his home, were to be conducted Wednesday morning from the Bergemann Funeral Home.  The Rev. Fr. Edward Hartung, pastor of St. Mary’s Catholic Church of Greenwood, was to officiate with burial to be made in Greenwood.  The body arrived in Neillsville Tuesday and a rosary service was held Tuesday evening. 
 
Mr. Grap had been maintenance man at the Marling Lumber Yard in Madison for the past 12 years.  
 

A former Neillsville resident, he is survived by his wife, the former Edna Hinker of Greenwood and Madison, and the following children: Wayne Grap of Neillsville; and Cheryl and Gary, both at home; and two grandsons.  Other survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gustave Grap of Milwaukee; and the following brothers and sisters: Edgar and Ernest of Milwaukee; Delbert of Connersville, Ind.; Ervin of Greenwood; Mrs. Robert (Erna) Lemke of Milwaukee; Mrs. Clarence (Helen) Reindel of Neillsville; and mrs. Peter (Viola) Chopp, Milwaukee.