Frank Nicklas Glass, 92, formerly of Route 1, Porterfield, Town of Lake, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2006. He had resided at the Northland Lutheran Home for the past three years. The son of Michael and Anna Glass was born on Aug. 18, 1913 in the Town of Beaver, WI.
He worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps, farming, moving houses and barns, building silos and working second shift at the sugar beet factory over his lifetime. He contracted polio in 1953, but continued farming with the help of neighbors, friends and family. He taught leather craft to 4-H members for 20 years.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Oprah;
three children: Mrs. Buck (Barbara) Melton, Stephen (Barbara) Glass and Mrs. Joe (Connie) Ball of Germantown, WI;
10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;
a sister Micheline Schilling and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Francis, Raymond, Joseph, John, George and Katherine.
Funeral services were held for the family on Sunday, March 5 at Luther Home Chapel. Darrel Diers of St. James Lutheran Church officiated and burial was in Glenwood Memorial Gardens.
©Hansen-Onion-Martell Funeral Home, Marinette
published Peshtigo Times, March 8, 2006
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He worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps, farming, moving houses and barns, building silos and working second shift at the sugar beet factory over his lifetime. He contracted polio in 1953, but continued farming with the help of neighbors, friends and family. He taught leather craft to 4-H members for 20 years.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Oprah;
three children: Mrs. Buck (Barbara) Melton, Stephen (Barbara) Glass and Mrs. Joe (Connie) Ball of Germantown, WI;
10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;
a sister Micheline Schilling and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Francis, Raymond, Joseph, John, George and Katherine.
Funeral services were held for the family on Sunday, March 5 at Luther Home Chapel. Darrel Diers of St. James Lutheran Church officiated and burial was in Glenwood Memorial Gardens.
©Hansen-Onion-Martell Funeral Home, Marinette
published Peshtigo Times, March 8, 2006
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Frank Nicklas Glass, 92, formerly of Route 1, Porterfield, Town of Lake, passed away on Wednesday, March 1, 2006. He had resided at the Northland Lutheran Home for the past three years. The son of Michael and Anna Glass was born on Aug. 18, 1913 in the Town of Beaver, WI.
He worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps, farming, moving houses and barns, building silos and working second shift at the sugar beet factory over his lifetime. He contracted polio in 1953, but continued farming with the help of neighbors, friends and family. He taught leather craft to 4-H members for 20 years.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Oprah;
three children: Mrs. Buck (Barbara) Melton, Stephen (Barbara) Glass and Mrs. Joe (Connie) Ball of Germantown, WI;
10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;
a sister Micheline Schilling and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Francis, Raymond, Joseph, John, George and Katherine.
Funeral services were held for the family on Sunday, March 5 at Luther Home Chapel. Darrel Diers of St. James Lutheran Church officiated and burial was in Glenwood Memorial Gardens.
©Hansen-Onion-Martell Funeral Home, Marinette
published Peshtigo Times, March 8, 2006
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He worked with the Civilian Conservation Corps, farming, moving houses and barns, building silos and working second shift at the sugar beet factory over his lifetime. He contracted polio in 1953, but continued farming with the help of neighbors, friends and family. He taught leather craft to 4-H members for 20 years.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Oprah;
three children: Mrs. Buck (Barbara) Melton, Stephen (Barbara) Glass and Mrs. Joe (Connie) Ball of Germantown, WI;
10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren;
a sister Micheline Schilling and nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Francis, Raymond, Joseph, John, George and Katherine.
Funeral services were held for the family on Sunday, March 5 at Luther Home Chapel. Darrel Diers of St. James Lutheran Church officiated and burial was in Glenwood Memorial Gardens.
©Hansen-Onion-Martell Funeral Home, Marinette
published Peshtigo Times, March 8, 2006
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