Final Rites Sunday For Blanche A. Frink, Tipton Pioneer
Blanche Alpen Dean, daughter of Frederick P. and Georgiana Dean, was born in
Tipton on December 9, 1863, and died December 20, 1945, at the age of 82
years, eleven days. Her entire life was spent in Tipton with the exception of
one year when the family lived in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Mrs. Frink graduated from the Tipton Public Schools in 1880. She attended
college at Cedar Falls and later taught in the county school near Tipton. She
was a life-long member of the Methodist Church and took an active interest in
the work of the church.
On September 8, 1887, she was married to Spencer G. Frink who preceded her in
death on October 7, 1943. She is survived by one sister, Lillian A. Dean of
Tipton; four children, Helen F. Reuling of Muscatine, Gale K. of Tama, Margery
E. of Tipton, and Lillian B. Murray of Athena, Georgia; ten grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Funeral service was held at the Wilson Funeral home in Tipton, Monday
afternoon, Dec. 22, 1945, at 2:30. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery.
Final Rites Sunday For Blanche A. Frink, Tipton Pioneer
Blanche Alpen Dean, daughter of Frederick P. and Georgiana Dean, was born in
Tipton on December 9, 1863, and died December 20, 1945, at the age of 82
years, eleven days. Her entire life was spent in Tipton with the exception of
one year when the family lived in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Mrs. Frink graduated from the Tipton Public Schools in 1880. She attended
college at Cedar Falls and later taught in the county school near Tipton. She
was a life-long member of the Methodist Church and took an active interest in
the work of the church.
On September 8, 1887, she was married to Spencer G. Frink who preceded her in
death on October 7, 1943. She is survived by one sister, Lillian A. Dean of
Tipton; four children, Helen F. Reuling of Muscatine, Gale K. of Tama, Margery
E. of Tipton, and Lillian B. Murray of Athena, Georgia; ten grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
Funeral service was held at the Wilson Funeral home in Tipton, Monday
afternoon, Dec. 22, 1945, at 2:30. Interment was in the Masonic cemetery.
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