Obit: Frank, Afra (abt 1835 - 1913) 
 

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Surnames: Frank, Zingheim, Duncan, Tyril, Behrens, Young, Zellers 
 

----Source:  Neillsville Times (Neillsville, Clark County, Wis.)  Apr 17, 1913 
 

Frank, Afra (abt 1835 - 22 Mar1913) 
 

Mrs. Afra Frank died at her home, 218 Monroe Street, Portland, Oregon, March 22, 1913, at the age of 78 years. Beloved mother of Mrs. Mary Zingheim, Mrs. Amelia Duncan, Mrs. Anna Tyril, Tom Frank of Portland, Mrs. Rose Behrens of South Bend, Wash., August Frank of Panama, Mrs. Sophia Young of Elmwood, Wis., John Frank of Mellen, Wis., Leonard Frank of Neillsville, Wis., also leaves fifteen grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.  She was one of Clark County’s pioneers, where she lived with her husband, an industrious and happy life sharing cheerfully all the hardships of pioneer days.  Her husband Francis Frank died in 1880. 
 

Her death was brought on by a stroke of paralysis and lagrippe, with which she suffered much till the last. 
 

We mourn the loss of a kind and loving mother.  Funeral was held March 24^th at A.R. Zellers Chapel, 564 Williams Ave, Portland, Oregon.  Interment, Columbia Cemetery.