Obit: Bogumill, Frank J. (1910 – 1975)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bogumill, Erickson, Winters, Goebel, Sargeant, Gunderson, Kimpel, Gorsegner, Mesier, Goebel, Blazel, Rueblen, Polnaszek, Manicke

---------Source: Owen Enterprise (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 16 Jan 1975

Bogumill, Frank J. (2 JUN 1910 – JAN 1975)

Frank Joseph Bogumill, 64, Holcombe (Taylor Co., Wis.), route 1, a former operator of a general store at Jump River and Hannibal, died recently at High Plains Baptist Hospital at Amarillo, Texas.

Funeral services were held Tuesday morning, January 7, 1975 at the Gilman Funeral Home, with Rev. Tom Erickson officiating. Interment took place in Meadowbrook Cemetery, Gilman.

Serving as pallbearers were Donald Winters, John Giebel, Harold Sargeant, Gunder Gunderson, Ray Kimpel, and Richard Gorsegner.

Mr. Bogumill was born June 2, 1910 at Thorp (Clark Co., Wis.), and was married there in June of 1942.

After their marriage the couple resided at Thorp until 1946, when they moved to Jump River, where they operated a general store. In 1951 they moved to Hannibal and operated a tavern there until 1958, when they moved to the Lake Holcombe area and operated a resort known as Bogie's Plantation.

He owned and operated a theater in Thorp for man yeas, as well as a coin vending machine business, with several outlets in Owen and surrounding area.

He is survived by his wife, Edna; two daughters, Virginia, Mrs. Charles Mesier, Chippewa Falls, and Anita, Mrs. John Goebel, Gilman, and ten grandchildren. Other survivors include a brother, Edward, Milwaukee, and four sisters, Katherine, Mrs. Robert Blazel, Milwaukee, Pauline, Mrs. Paul Rueblen, Madison, Elizabeth, Mrs. Tom Polnaszek, Thorp, and Mrs. Lucy Manicke, Hartland.

Three brothers and two sisters preceded him in death.