Frank Pilger, 46, a member of the Manitowoc county board for 10 years, died
Monday night while en route to his Cecil, Wis., home from a Detroit hospital.
Mr. Pilger was born in Manitowoc in 1904(sic). In 1929 he married the former
Florence Ligman and operated a grocery store at the corner of New York avenue
and North 18th street for the following 15 years.
In 1933 he was elected supervisor of the sixth ward and served in that capa-
city until 1943 when he chose not to run for office again. Two years later
he moved to Cecil, Shawano county, where he operated a combination tavern and
grocery.
Survivors are the wife; a daughter, (private); a son, (private); eight sisters,
Mrs. Josephine Pohl, Mrs. Peter Rymer, Mrs. Louis E. Warren, Mrs. Joseph Hudon,
Mrs. Ralph Paulson, Mrs. Arthur Mueller, Mrs. Bernard Kowalski of Manitowoc,
and Mrs. Frank Benesh of Los Angeles; two brothers, Michel of Manitowoc and
Charles of Collins.
The body will be moved to the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home in Manitowoc from
the Bocker-Cecil funeral home in Cecil Thursday morning. Funeral services will
be held at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home at 2 p.m. Friday, Rev. C. H.
Phipps officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Friends may call at the Manitowoc funeral home from Thursday until time of
services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 24, 1950 P. 2
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[d. 05-22-1950 at Clare, MI/age 46 yrs./cause: cancer of esophagus]
Frank Pilger, 46, a member of the Manitowoc county board for 10 years, died
Monday night while en route to his Cecil, Wis., home from a Detroit hospital.
Mr. Pilger was born in Manitowoc in 1904(sic). In 1929 he married the former
Florence Ligman and operated a grocery store at the corner of New York avenue
and North 18th street for the following 15 years.
In 1933 he was elected supervisor of the sixth ward and served in that capa-
city until 1943 when he chose not to run for office again. Two years later
he moved to Cecil, Shawano county, where he operated a combination tavern and
grocery.
Survivors are the wife; a daughter, (private); a son, (private); eight sisters,
Mrs. Josephine Pohl, Mrs. Peter Rymer, Mrs. Louis E. Warren, Mrs. Joseph Hudon,
Mrs. Ralph Paulson, Mrs. Arthur Mueller, Mrs. Bernard Kowalski of Manitowoc,
and Mrs. Frank Benesh of Los Angeles; two brothers, Michel of Manitowoc and
Charles of Collins.
The body will be moved to the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home in Manitowoc from
the Bocker-Cecil funeral home in Cecil Thursday morning. Funeral services will
be held at the Urbanek and Schlei funeral home at 2 p.m. Friday, Rev. C. H.
Phipps officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Friends may call at the Manitowoc funeral home from Thursday until time of
services.
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 24, 1950 P. 2
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[d. 05-22-1950 at Clare, MI/age 46 yrs./cause: cancer of esophagus]
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