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Henry Franz
Photo provided by Gary Decker

MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD 7/ /1949

HENRY FRANZ, 76, DIES SUNDAY

SERVICES TO BE HELD THURSDAY AFTERNOON

Greenwood--Henry Franz, 76, Route 4, Greenwood, Clark County, died Sunday, June 27, 1949 at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bolf, after having been in poor health since suffering a stroke in March. He had been confined to his bed since that time.

Funeral services are planned tentatively for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the West Side Evangelical and Reformed Church, the Rev. J.C. Klingeberger officiating. Interment will take place in West Side Cemetery.

The body will lie in state at the Schiller funeral Home until Wednesday afternoon, when it will be taken to the Bolf home.

Mr. Franz, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. August Franz, was born in Franklin Oct. 13, 1873, and came to Greenwood when he was 11 years old. He was a carpenter before his marriage April 13, 1898, to Augusta Decker at Greenwood, and after his marriage settled on a farm 4 miles northwest of Greenwood.

He retired from farming four years ago and has been making his home with the Bolf family since that time. At one time he held the office of assessor and was a member of the Warner Town Board. He helped construct the West Side Church and school house.