| Obit For | Frank Dilbeck |
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| Headline | Obituary |
| Text | Funeral services for Frank Dilbeck, who passed away at his home on Flat Creek northeast of Cassville 5 miles, Thursday morning, July 25, 1935 from a heart attack while doing his morning chores about his place, were held Saturday afternoon, July 27, at the Merl’s Chapel church on Flat Creek. The services were conducted by Rev. Winford Davis.
Burial was made in the cemetery at Sparks, under direction of the Horine-Culver Funeral Service. Frank Dilbeck was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Dilbeck who lived for many years in the Sparks community. He was born in Howell Co., MO in 1871. The family moved to this county when Frank was a small boy and the Sparks community had continued to be his home. He was a good citizen and his sudden death come as a severe shock to the people of the community in which he had lived for so long. He was held in high esteem by all who knew him. Surviving him are his widow and eight children. The children are Mrs. Harry (Alta) Bush, Mrs. Fred (Eva) Pilant, Mrs. Vera Long, Mrs. Charles (Lela) Baker, Mrs. Gene (Ruby) Baker, Arthur Dilbeck all of Cassville: Mrs. Lona Wright, Bassett, AK, Horace of Kansas City, MO and Bert of Ft. Smith, AR. Research Note: William Franklin Dilbeck (my Grandfather) was born Feb. 16, 1870. Frank married Josephine Box July 9, 1893 in Barry Co., MO Josephine was born Dec. 2, 1876, in KS. She died March 12, 1950 in Memphis, TN. Josephine is buried in Sparks Cemetery. She died while visiting her daughter Lona (Dilbeck) Wright. |
| Newspaper or Funeral Home | Cassville Democrat |
| Date | July 1935, Saturday |
| Death Cert Link | Death Certificate |
| Resource | - |
| Submitted by | Loretta Pilant Vinson |
