BURNS PROVE FATAL TO MRS. FRANZEN
Woman Dies In Hospital of Burns She Suffered Two Months Ago
Burns suffered on March 23, when her clothing caught fire as
she sought to light a brooder in the chicken coop at the home
in the town of Manitowoc Rapids on Highway 151, brought
death to Mrs. Leonard Franzen, 42, at Hoy Family hospital
early Thursday evening.
Mrs. Franzen sustained severe burns about the legs and the
upper part of the body and was a patient at the hospital since
the mishap.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock
from the Pfeffer funeral home and at nine o'clock from St. Boniface
Catholic church with the Rev. J. H. Schmitt officiating. Burial will be
in Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Franzen, the former Gertrude Rohrer, was born in Manitowoc
on Feb. 6, 1900, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rohrer. She
attended St. Boniface school and resided in Mantowoc until about
seven years ago.
On June 20, 1927 she married Leonard Franzen in this city.
Survivors are the widower; two daughters, Laverne and Jane at home;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rohrer, city; four brothers, Alois,
Francis, Joseph and Paul, all of this city; and four sisters, Mrs. Frank
Bodus and Mrs. George Hauser of Milwaukee and Miss Marcella
Rohrer and Mrs. Fred Scholten of this city.
The body will lie in state at the Pfeffer funeral home from Sunday at
9 a.m. to the time of the funeral. The rosary will be recited at the funeral
home at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 22, 1942 P. 2
Woman Dies In Hospital of Burns She Suffered Two Months Ago
Burns suffered on March 23, when her clothing caught fire as
she sought to light a brooder in the chicken coop at the home
in the town of Manitowoc Rapids on Highway 151, brought
death to Mrs. Leonard Franzen, 42, at Hoy Family hospital
early Thursday evening.
Mrs. Franzen sustained severe burns about the legs and the
upper part of the body and was a patient at the hospital since
the mishap.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock
from the Pfeffer funeral home and at nine o'clock from St. Boniface
Catholic church with the Rev. J. H. Schmitt officiating. Burial will be
in Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Franzen, the former Gertrude Rohrer, was born in Manitowoc
on Feb. 6, 1900, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rohrer. She
attended St. Boniface school and resided in Mantowoc until about
seven years ago.
On June 20, 1927 she married Leonard Franzen in this city.
Survivors are the widower; two daughters, Laverne and Jane at home;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rohrer, city; four brothers, Alois,
Francis, Joseph and Paul, all of this city; and four sisters, Mrs. Frank
Bodus and Mrs. George Hauser of Milwaukee and Miss Marcella
Rohrer and Mrs. Fred Scholten of this city.
The body will lie in state at the Pfeffer funeral home from Sunday at
9 a.m. to the time of the funeral. The rosary will be recited at the funeral
home at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 22, 1942 P. 2
BURNS PROVE FATAL TO MRS. FRANZEN
Woman Dies In Hospital of Burns She Suffered Two Months Ago
Burns suffered on March 23, when her clothing caught fire as
she sought to light a brooder in the chicken coop at the home
in the town of Manitowoc Rapids on Highway 151, brought
death to Mrs. Leonard Franzen, 42, at Hoy Family hospital
early Thursday evening.
Mrs. Franzen sustained severe burns about the legs and the
upper part of the body and was a patient at the hospital since
the mishap.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock
from the Pfeffer funeral home and at nine o'clock from St. Boniface
Catholic church with the Rev. J. H. Schmitt officiating. Burial will be
in Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Franzen, the former Gertrude Rohrer, was born in Manitowoc
on Feb. 6, 1900, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rohrer. She
attended St. Boniface school and resided in Mantowoc until about
seven years ago.
On June 20, 1927 she married Leonard Franzen in this city.
Survivors are the widower; two daughters, Laverne and Jane at home;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rohrer, city; four brothers, Alois,
Francis, Joseph and Paul, all of this city; and four sisters, Mrs. Frank
Bodus and Mrs. George Hauser of Milwaukee and Miss Marcella
Rohrer and Mrs. Fred Scholten of this city.
The body will lie in state at the Pfeffer funeral home from Sunday at
9 a.m. to the time of the funeral. The rosary will be recited at the funeral
home at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 22, 1942 P. 2
Woman Dies In Hospital of Burns She Suffered Two Months Ago
Burns suffered on March 23, when her clothing caught fire as
she sought to light a brooder in the chicken coop at the home
in the town of Manitowoc Rapids on Highway 151, brought
death to Mrs. Leonard Franzen, 42, at Hoy Family hospital
early Thursday evening.
Mrs. Franzen sustained severe burns about the legs and the
upper part of the body and was a patient at the hospital since
the mishap.
Funeral Monday
Funeral services will be held Monday morning at 8:30 o'clock
from the Pfeffer funeral home and at nine o'clock from St. Boniface
Catholic church with the Rev. J. H. Schmitt officiating. Burial will be
in Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. Franzen, the former Gertrude Rohrer, was born in Manitowoc
on Feb. 6, 1900, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Rohrer. She
attended St. Boniface school and resided in Mantowoc until about
seven years ago.
On June 20, 1927 she married Leonard Franzen in this city.
Survivors are the widower; two daughters, Laverne and Jane at home;
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Rohrer, city; four brothers, Alois,
Francis, Joseph and Paul, all of this city; and four sisters, Mrs. Frank
Bodus and Mrs. George Hauser of Milwaukee and Miss Marcella
Rohrer and Mrs. Fred Scholten of this city.
The body will lie in state at the Pfeffer funeral home from Sunday at
9 a.m. to the time of the funeral. The rosary will be recited at the funeral
home at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, May 22, 1942 P. 2
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