Verkuilen, Frank

Abt 1906 - 1932  (~ 25 years)    Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Verkuilen, Frank
  Born	Abt Jul 1906
  Gender	Male
  Birth - Church Record	Abt Jul 1906
  Name:Frank Fred Verkuilen Birth Date:1906 Birth Place:Thorp, Clark Co, Wisconsin Gender:Male Race:White Father's Name:Albert Verkuilen Father's Birth Place:Collentown, Wisconsin (should be Hollandtown) Mother's Name:Mary Verkuilen Mother's Birth Place:Sheboygan, Wisconsin FHL Film Number:1299486 Name:Frank F Verkuilen Birth Date:Jul 1906 County:Clark Reel:0032 Record:001465
  Died	4 Jan 1932	Athens, Marathon, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	7 Jan 1932
  Thorp Courier - Owen Enterprise
  Frank Verkuilen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Verkuilen of Athens, Wis., died at the Stanley Hospital last Monday morning at four o'clock of severe burns and other injuries suffered early Friday morning, Jan. 1st, while escaping from the burning building of John Schultz, his uncle, whom he has been assisting in his store for several months past. Mr. Schultz, who condition is not considered serious, is under a local doctor's care at the Becker Hotel. John Retired about eleven o'clock that evening, after attending to his furnace fire, and Frank about three, he having waited at the bus depot across the street and expecting his cousin from Milwaukee. Both men were asleep in their bedrooms on the second floor and in the northeast part of the building. When the heat of the flames awoke them, Frank evidently delayed several minutes to pack a hand bag and then rushed through the flames down the stairway. He attempted to escape by the rear down downstairs but was cut off by flames and was forced to fight his way through them again to the front door of the building, where he broke through the glass and staggered into the Riteway Restaurant across the street. John Schultz was driven back by the flames coming through the stairway, attempted to get to the kitchen by a trap door but smoke compelled him to try to escape by way of a front window. He could not make it and in desperation found a back window, broke it and jumped to the ground. The store building, located on the corner of Washington and Stanley Streets, was a 30 x 60 structure. After a fire which partly destroyed it about seven years ago, the building was remodeled and tile veneered. The loss incurred is estimated at $16,000, only partly covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown.
  Person ID	I145134	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Verkuilen, Albert,   b. 30 Apr 1876, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 9 Apr 1948, Stanley, Chippewa, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Schultz, Mary,   b. Bef 1885,   d. Bef 1985  (Age ~ 100 years)
  Family ID	F6060	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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