Submitted by: Dan Rich
Francis “Frank” Joseph Bickel
Feb. 16, 1874 – June 17,1933
South Bend Tribune 6/18/1933
Frank J. Bickel
Frank J. Bickel, aged 59, councilman of the
Fifth ward and proprietor of a grocery store in Mishawaka since
1900, died at 8:40 o’clock Saturday night in his home at 918
Division street. He had been ill since February and death
was attributed to apoplexy.
Elected by the council on October, 1932, to
fill the vacancy left by the death of Clyde Cox, Fifth ward
councilman, Mr. Bickel served in that capacity until his illness
prevented his further attendance at meetings. He was a
councilman-at-large in this city a number of years ago.
Born Feb. 16, 1874, Mr. Bickel was a
lifelong resident of Mishawaka, and a well-known member of St,
Monica’s Roman Catholic church. He was married 35
years ago to Miss Sadie Futterknecht, who survives.
Others who survive are seven children, Mrs.
Frances Stockberger, Wilfred Bickel, Mrs. Lillian
Scheibelhut, Mrs. Loretta Hambright, all of Mishawaka, Mrs.
Ronald Rich, of South Bend, and Virginia and Ronald
Bickel, at home. Five brothers and a sister, George, Joseph
and Nicholas, all of Mishawaka; Henry of Edwardsburg, Mich., and
Otto, of Marcellus, Mich., and Mrs. Ralph Howland, of this
city, also survive. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
Frank J. Bickel
The funeral of Frank J. Bickel, age 59,
Fifth ward councilman and proprietor of a local grocery for 33
years, who died Saturday night in his home of 918 Division
street, will be conducted from St. Monica’s Roman Catholic
church Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock. Rev. Anthony
Badina will officiate and burial will be in St. Joseph’s
cemetery.
Pallbearers will be fellow councilmen,
including Dr. H. W. Reynolds, David P. Burkhart, Floyd Zimmerman,
Will H. Menaugh, Oscar Petersen and John T. Wertz.