Obit: Boh, Frank (1878 - 1960)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Boh, Swegel, Urbanz, Madic

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) August 25, 1960

Boh, Frank (15 September 1878 - 20 August 1960)

Frank Boh, 81, of Willard died Saturday afternoon in Neillsville.  He had been a hospital patient since June 28.  He suffered a stroke May 19 and was a patient for a month in a Marshfield hospital, before going to Neillsville.

Mr. Boh was born September 15, 1878, in Yugoslavia.  On April 27, 1903, he was married to Margaret Swegel at Pueblo, Colo.

They moved from Colorado to Willard on May 23, 1913, and settled on the present farm, a mile northwest of Willard.  For several years he served as clerk of the Willard State Grade School, and was supervisor of the Town of Hendren for some time.

He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Frank (Margaret) Urbanz of Willard; three sons, Joseph of Neillsville, Dan of Willard and William of Greenwood.  A sister, Ursula of Yugoslavia; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren also survive.

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning from the Hill Funeral Home in Greenwood, and from the Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard.  Burial was made in the Holy Family Cemetery. The Rev. Aloysius Madic officiated.