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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Francis
Wiechmann
May 6, 1915 – December 31, 2007
Obituary
Francis (Frank) Wiechmann, 92, of Wagner
Visitation will be Thursday, January 3, 2008, from 2-5pm at the Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Wagner, Wake and Rosary at 7pm at the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Wagner, SD. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 am Friday, January 4, 2008 at the church with burial in church cemetery, rural Wagner.
Francis Wiechmann of Wagner, SD passed away December 31, 2007 at the Good Samaritan Center, surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren. After age 92 and a lengthy battle with cancer, he preferred to view his illness as just a result of "too many birthdays".
Frank was born to Fred and Abbie (Barkley) Wiechmann at the farm northeast of Wagner on May 6, 1915. Also born to this union were sister's Nellie (Horner) and Inez (Horner) and brother, William. Frank and his brothers and sisters played music for house parties, with Frank being the fiddle player.
After completing eighth grade, Frank began his farming career with his father, using horses. He met his future wife, M. Mabel Scott at a pasture baseball game. They were married on a snowy day in Geddes, SD on February 2, 1937. The couple moved to their own farm north of Wagner. They survived the "dirty thirties", and went on to supply food for the nation during the war years.
Frank has been a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church since his marriage.
Frank and Mabel raised nine children. Children include sons: Mark (Barbara), Clyde and Cletus (Julie) of Wagner; Kendall (Diane) of Parkston; Loyson (Bernadine) of Phoenix, AZ and daughters: Evelyn Kisely (Robert) of Ramsuer, NC, Eileen Bruner of Madison, SD, Teresa Kattke of Sierra Vista, AZ and Laura Hunt (Allen) of Huron, SD. An infant daughter, Zoe Frances, died at birth. Frank and Mabel are grandparents to twenty-seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren and an eighth soon to arrive. He is also survived by his sister, Inez Horner.
Frank modernized from using horses to Minneapolis-Moline tractors. He was one of the first to bring the Charlois cattle breed to South Dakota. He lived the axiom, "Good fences make good neighbors". Frank was always ready to help a neighbor in need.
Frank and Mabel celebrated 70 years of marriage last February.
Frank was preceded in death by his parents, brother Willie, sister Nellie and infant daughter Zoe.
Visitation will be Thursday, January 3, 2008, from 2-5pm at the Crosby-Jaeger Funeral Home in Wagner, Wake and Rosary at 7pm at the St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Wagner, SD. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 am Friday, January 4, 2008 at the church with burial in church cemetery, rural Wagner.
Francis Wiechmann of Wagner, SD passed away December 31, 2007 at the Good Samaritan Center, surrounded by his wife, children and grandchildren. After age 92 and a lengthy battle with cancer, he preferred to view his illness as just a result of "too many birthdays".
Frank was born to Fred and Abbie (Barkley) Wiechmann at the farm northeast of Wagner on May 6, 1915. Also born to this union were sister's Nellie (Horner) and Inez (Horner) and brother, William. Frank and his brothers and sisters played music for house parties, with Frank being the fiddle player.
After completing eighth grade, Frank began his farming career with his father, using horses. He met his future wife, M. Mabel Scott at a pasture baseball game. They were married on a snowy day in Geddes, SD on February 2, 1937. The couple moved to their own farm north of Wagner. They survived the "dirty thirties", and went on to supply food for the nation during the war years.
Frank has been a member of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church since his marriage.
Frank and Mabel raised nine children. Children include sons: Mark (Barbara), Clyde and Cletus (Julie) of Wagner; Kendall (Diane) of Parkston; Loyson (Bernadine) of Phoenix, AZ and daughters: Evelyn Kisely (Robert) of Ramsuer, NC, Eileen Bruner of Madison, SD, Teresa Kattke of Sierra Vista, AZ and Laura Hunt (Allen) of Huron, SD. An infant daughter, Zoe Frances, died at birth. Frank and Mabel are grandparents to twenty-seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren and an eighth soon to arrive. He is also survived by his sister, Inez Horner.
Frank modernized from using horses to Minneapolis-Moline tractors. He was one of the first to bring the Charlois cattle breed to South Dakota. He lived the axiom, "Good fences make good neighbors". Frank was always ready to help a neighbor in need.
Frank and Mabel celebrated 70 years of marriage last February.
Frank was preceded in death by his parents, brother Willie, sister Nellie and infant daughter Zoe.
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