Frank Franzen1

(October 26, 1908 - July 11, 1991)
Frank Franzen|b. Oct 26, 1908\nd. Jul 11, 1991|p4372.htm|Louis Franzen|||Mary Zeiser||p4385.htm|||||||||||||
     Frank Franzen was born on Monday, October 26, 1908 in Sylvia Switch, Bernard, Jackson County, Iowa, son of Louis Franzen and Mary Zeiser.2

At age 25, Frank married Irene Geber on Monday, February 12, 1934 at Assumption Church, in Sylvia Switch, Bernard, Jackson County, Iowa. Irene was 19 years old.1

Frank was a farmer in Sylvia and in Independence, Iowa. He was a factory worker in Dupont, Indiana and Clinton, Iowa.2

Frank died on Thursday, July 11, 1991 at age 82.2

Children of Frank Franzen and Irene Geber

Citations

  1. [S228] Interview with Elgene Mesch (Dubuque, IA), by Susan Noyes, June 6 2005, John Geber/Mary Hintgen Family Group Sheet.
  2. [S228] Interview with Elgene Mesch (Dubuque, IA), by Susan Noyes, June 6 2005, Frank Franzen/Irene Geber Family Group Sheet.
 


  • A family history
    leads to the satisfaction in really knowing who you are
    and from when you came.

  • "Nor long shall any name resound
    Beyond the grave, unless't be found
    In some clerk's book; it is the pen
    Gives immortality to men."

  • A good life lasts for several generations.

  • In all of us there is a hunger, marrow-deep,
    to know our heritage, to know who we are
    and where we come from.

    — Alex Haley
  • To forget one's ancestors
    is to be a brook without a source,
    a tree without a root.

    — Chinese Proverb
  • Family faces are magic mirrors.
    Looking at people who belong to us,
    we see the past, present, and future.
    We make discoveries about ourselves.

    — Gail Lumet Buckley
  • In every conceivable manner,
    the family is a link to our past,
    a bridge to our future.

    — Alex Haley
  • What greater thing is there for human souls
    than to feel that they are joined for life – to be with each other
    in silent unspeakable memories.

    — George Eliot
  • Some people come and go in our lives.
    Some stay forever.

  • We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors,
    we borrow it from our children.

    — Native American Proverb
  • The memories we give may a lifetime live in the heart
    of those we hold so close.

    — Unknown
  • Families are like fudge . . .
    mostly sweet with a few nuts.

    — Unknown
  • The family is one of Nature's masterpieces.

    — George Santayana
  • Having a place to go – is a home.
    Having someone to love – is a family.
    Having both – is a blessing.

    — Donna Hedges
  • Every man is his own ancestor,
    and every man is his own heir.
    He devises his own future,
    and he inherits his own past.

    — Fredrick Henry Hedge