Obit: Vine, Frank John (1873 - 1961)

Contact: Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Email: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Vine, Buss, Suckow, Grottke, Linster, Poppy, Elmore, Harwood, Vosseteig, Short, Kissinger, Mauer

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI.) August 3, 1961

Vine, Frank John (4 August 1873 - 27 July 1961)

Frank John Vine, 87, Neillsville, who had been making his home with Mr. and Mrs. Roy Suckow, died Friday at the Suckow home in the Town of Grant.

Funeral services were held Monday afternoon from the Georgas Funeral Home. The Rev. Lloyd Mauer of the Methodist Church officiated. Burial was made in the Town of Grant Cemetery.

He was born August 4, 1873, in Clark County and was the son of the late Fred and Mary (Buss) Vine.  He spent most of his life in Clark County, where he was engaged in lumbering and farming.  As a young man he worked at Lac du Flambeau.

He had made his home with his niece and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Suckow, since 1945.  Survivors are several nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers were: Glenn Suckow, Roger Grottke, Wayne, Roger, Fred B. and Gordon E. Vine.

People from out of town here for the service were: Ray Vine, Miss Faye Vine, Roger Vine, Fred B. Vine and Wayne Vine, Duluth, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. Allen Linster, Amy and David, Plymouth; Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Poppy, Misses Kary and Marianne Elmore, Racine; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Harwood and Heidi, Marshfield; Mrs. Doris Vosseteig, Galesville; Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Vine and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Vine, Mr. and Mrs. William Vine, Mr. and Mrs. Theamore Vine, David and Richard, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Vine and Eugene Short, Granton; Mrs. Alvin Kissinger, Spencer.