Obit: Hribar, Frank Fred (1906 - 1968)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Hribar, Zitnik, Marincic, Crotzer, Hedemark, Bruksch, Nikolai

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 11/28/1968

Hribar, Frank Fred (24 August 1906 - 21 November 1968)

Frank Fred Hribar, 62, of Willard died of a heart attack November 21. He was found by his brother, Joe, and a nephew, on his woodland property Thursday noon. Mr. Hribar had suffered with a heart ailment for some time.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. from the Hill Funeral Home in Greenwood, with the Rev. William Nikolai of the Holy Family Catholic Church in Willard officiating. Burial was made in the Holy Family Cemetery.

Mr. Hribar was born August 24, 1906, in Denver, Colo., to Frank and Anna (Zitnik) Hribar. He came to Willard with his parents at the age of six. He had resided in Chicago since 1924, where he was employed as a lithographer. He came to Willard in August of this year and had been residing at the home of his brother, Joe.

Survivors include: a daughter, Susan Hribar of Chicago; a son, Craig, who is a Marine Security Guard at the American Embassy at Gidda, Arabia; seven brothers, Joe and William of Willard, John, Anton and Louis of Chicago, Ill., and Ludwig and Walter of Greenwood; four sisters, Mrs. Rudolph (Anna) Marincic and Mrs. Mary Crotzer of Willard, Mrs. Frank (Olga) Hedemark of Toronto, Canada, Mrs. Elmer (Bernice) Bruksch of Glenn View, Ill.; and by his mother, Mrs. Mary Hribar, of Willard.