Obit: Owen, Frank Gilchrist (1887 - 1922)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Anderson, Owen

----Source: The Eau Claire Leader (Eau Claire, WI) 06/27/1922

Owen, Frank G. (6 AUG 1887 - 26 JUN 1922)

Frank G. Owen Dies In Accident

Falls out of window at Congress Hotel - Will be buried here

Word was received yesterday of the death of Frank Gilchrist Owen, son of John S. Owen of this city. Mr. Owen, who was in Chicago on business, occupied a room at the Congress hotel with his uncle, Samuel F. Owen of Portland, Oregon. He and his uncle S. F. Owen and Gunder Anderson of Owen, Wis., played cards in S. F. Owen’s room until after one o’clock when all retired.

S. F. Owen awoke shortly afterwards to discover that Frank Owens’ bed was vacant. Sometime during the night he had evidently gotten up and had fallen from the window which was on the fifth floor of the hotel. He was immediately taken to St. Luke’s hospital where he died.

The body was brought to Eau Claire last night. Announcement of the funeral will be made later. He leaves a wife and two children, residing at Medford, Ore.

Accidental Death, Verdict

Chicago, June 26 - A coroner’s jury investigating the death of Frank G. Owen, Medford, Ore., lumber dealer, who was killed in a fall from a fifth story window of a Chicago hotel this morning, returned a verdict of accidental death due to shock and injuries.

The principal witnesses at the hearing were S. F. Owen of Medford, Ore., uncle of Frank Owen and G. E. Anderson of Owen, Wis., secretary of the John S. Owen Lumber company at Medford, Ore., and personal friend of Owen.

Both men said that Frank Owen was in good spirits last night although nervous. He body will be sent to Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Note: Birth information was extracted from the family tree information of Frank Gilchrist and Leila Lane (Shelby) Owen.

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Sources: 1920 Census Oregon, Jackson, Medford, ED 483 pg 4B, Film T625-1495 page 198B
age 1-9/12, born United States

Frank Gilchrist OWEN / Leila Lane SHELBY

Husband: Frank Gilchrist OWEN
Born: 6 Aug 1887, Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin
Married: 29 Jun 1910, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Died: 26 Jun 1922, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Father: John S. Owen
Mother: Cora M. Rust

Spouses: Leila Lane SHELBY
Wife: Leila Lane SHELBY
Born: 18 Nov 1880
Died: 29 Dec 1949, New York, New York, New York
Father:
Mother:
Spouse: Frank Gilchrist OWEN

CHILD
Name: Shelby OWEN
Born: 21 Apr 1917, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon
Married: 17 Jan 1942, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts
Died: ABT May 1982, Marshfield, Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Spouse: Peter Hobart KNAPP                 

(Additional Note provided by granddaughter)

On your web page for the name Owen, Frank Gilchrist, you have listed only my AUNT (Shelby Owen) as the only child of Frank Gilchrist Owen and Leila Lane Shelby Owen. You have NOT listed their OTHER daughter, Barbara Owen, who was my mother and was my Aunt Shelby's older sister. (Both are deceased now.) It is very frustrating to me that on every website I search for information about my grandmother, Leila Lane Shelby, my mother is NEVER MENTIONED! Trust me - I am telling you the truth. I have copies of my grandmother's Last Will and Testament, in which I - her grand-daughter - am named, as well as all 4 of my sisters (including my sister Leila and my sister Shelby who were named for her). PLEASE ADD BARBARA OWEN as the first daughter of Frank Gilchrist Owen and Leila Lane Shelby Owen (my mother). She was born February 28th 1914 and died on March 26, 1995 in Medford Oregon. Thank You!