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Franklin Richard Redding

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Franklin Richard Redding

Birth
Waterford, La Porte County, Indiana, USA
Death
30 Mar 1971 (aged 89)
Michigan City, La Porte County, Indiana, USA
Burial
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Frank R. Redding, 89, 107 Dewey St., died at Red Oaks Home at 4:25 a.m. today. He was owner and president of the Redding and Boss moving and storage firm until the firm was dissolved in the 1940's.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Carlisle Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul H. Frankenfeld officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends' may call at the funeral home beginning tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Redding was born April 8, 1881, in Waterford, the son of Benjamin Frank and Cleantha Adell Redding. On April 16, 1902, he married Elsie Palmer, who died Sept. 22, 1961.
He is survived by two sons, Gerald Redding, Indianapolis, and Harlow Redding, Lakeview, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Wellington Allaway, Oak Park, Ill.; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, and two brothers-the Rev. Tracy Redding, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Lyle Redding, West Palm beach, Fla.
Mr. Redding founded the moving firm with his brother inlaw John Boss, at Seventh and Michigan streets. He once served as president of the Municipal Golf Course board and was a member of Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen Lodge.
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Michigan City Evening News, 17 Apr 1902
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Pepple went to Waterford yesterday afternoon to attend the wedding of Mr. Frank Redding and Miss Elsie Palmer, which was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Palmer, at 8 o'clock last evening. Rev. Bloonfield officiated.
Frank R. Redding, 89, 107 Dewey St., died at Red Oaks Home at 4:25 a.m. today. He was owner and president of the Redding and Boss moving and storage firm until the firm was dissolved in the 1940's.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Carlisle Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul H. Frankenfeld officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Friends' may call at the funeral home beginning tomorrow afternoon.
Mr. Redding was born April 8, 1881, in Waterford, the son of Benjamin Frank and Cleantha Adell Redding. On April 16, 1902, he married Elsie Palmer, who died Sept. 22, 1961.
He is survived by two sons, Gerald Redding, Indianapolis, and Harlow Redding, Lakeview, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Wellington Allaway, Oak Park, Ill.; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren, and two brothers-the Rev. Tracy Redding, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Lyle Redding, West Palm beach, Fla.
Mr. Redding founded the moving firm with his brother inlaw John Boss, at Seventh and Michigan streets. He once served as president of the Municipal Golf Course board and was a member of Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen Lodge.
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Michigan City Evening News, 17 Apr 1902
Mr. and Mrs. M. G. Pepple went to Waterford yesterday afternoon to attend the wedding of Mr. Frank Redding and Miss Elsie Palmer, which was solemnized at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Palmer, at 8 o'clock last evening. Rev. Bloonfield officiated.


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