----Source: Greenwood Library Scrapbook Collection

MARSHFIELD NEWS HERALD (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) 6/22/1967; Page 10

COUNTY NATIVE IS RETURNED FOR BURIAL

Greenwood--Adolph Ludwig Franz, 71, Portland, Ore., and formerly of Greenwood, Clark County, died June 20, 1967 in the Greenwood nursing home in Portland, Ore., after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Monday from Immanuel United Church in Greenwood. Burial was made in the West Side Cemetery. The Rev. David Logue officiated.

Mr. Franz was born March 10, 1896 in the Town of Warner. He was the son of August and Alvina (Noah) Franz. He received his education in the Decker school.

In 1917 he went to Montana, where he was engaged in farming.

He was a veteran of World War I, and served overseas.

After the war, he farmed in the Sidney, Mont. area.

He suffered a stroke about 20 years ago and had been confined to Veterans Hospitals and nursing homes in Oregon since that time.

He is survived by four brothers, Fred and Harold, of Sidney, Mont., Calvin of Greenwood, and Otto of Mesa, Ariz. Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Alvin (Leona) Albert, of Greenwood.