VERLA MARIE FRANK
1915-1992
Verla Marie Frank was named for her paternal grandmother Marie Christine Weber Blumer.
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Longtime member of the Clay County Historical Society, Verla Frank, 77, dies.
The 43-year public school teacher who served two terms on the Harvard School Board after her retirement, Verla Frank of Harvard, died Friday, October 9, at the Bryan Memorial Hospital, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Miss Frank was born September 16, 1915, on the family farm north of Harvard and was the oldest of four children of Walter and Herta Frank. She graduated from Harvard High School in 1933, and later from Hastings College with a Bachelor in Education degree. She taught for 43 years in rural schools in Clay and Hamilton Counties and in the towns of Giltner, Edgar and Harvard. She was a member of the Harvard United Church of Christ, Clay County Historical Society, Delta Kappa Gamma, Delta Rho, Glendale Club, Harvard Library Board, Chapter #70 Order of the Eastern Star, Harvard Chapter L, P.E.O., Women’s Club, Hastings Retired Teachers Association, the National Education Association, and the Nebraska State Historical Society. Survivors are her mother, Hattie Frank of Harvard, brother Clyde Frank of Harvard and sister Beulah Wagner of Gildner. Alberding-Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Services were held Tuesday, at the Harvard Uunited Church of Christ, with the Rev. John R. Finster officiating. Burial was in the Harvard Cemetery. Miss Frank taught history and social studies for 31 of those 43 years, and was sponsor for the senior class and the pep club. As a longtime board member of the Clay County Historical Society, she served for many years as board secretary. George Woolsey who was the only member left of the original board, said that Miss Frank and Mildred Fitzke of had taken on the responsibility for the first four years after establishment of the Clay County Museum to keep the museum open on Saturdays until a worker was eventually hired. In addition to making sure that the museum was open to any visitors they would also work on exhibits as they were brought in. Her presence will be greatly missed throughout the county.
Contributor: Clyde & Diana Schepers Frank (50664038)
1915-1992
Verla Marie Frank was named for her paternal grandmother Marie Christine Weber Blumer.
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Longtime member of the Clay County Historical Society, Verla Frank, 77, dies.
The 43-year public school teacher who served two terms on the Harvard School Board after her retirement, Verla Frank of Harvard, died Friday, October 9, at the Bryan Memorial Hospital, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Miss Frank was born September 16, 1915, on the family farm north of Harvard and was the oldest of four children of Walter and Herta Frank. She graduated from Harvard High School in 1933, and later from Hastings College with a Bachelor in Education degree. She taught for 43 years in rural schools in Clay and Hamilton Counties and in the towns of Giltner, Edgar and Harvard. She was a member of the Harvard United Church of Christ, Clay County Historical Society, Delta Kappa Gamma, Delta Rho, Glendale Club, Harvard Library Board, Chapter #70 Order of the Eastern Star, Harvard Chapter L, P.E.O., Women’s Club, Hastings Retired Teachers Association, the National Education Association, and the Nebraska State Historical Society. Survivors are her mother, Hattie Frank of Harvard, brother Clyde Frank of Harvard and sister Beulah Wagner of Gildner. Alberding-Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Services were held Tuesday, at the Harvard Uunited Church of Christ, with the Rev. John R. Finster officiating. Burial was in the Harvard Cemetery. Miss Frank taught history and social studies for 31 of those 43 years, and was sponsor for the senior class and the pep club. As a longtime board member of the Clay County Historical Society, she served for many years as board secretary. George Woolsey who was the only member left of the original board, said that Miss Frank and Mildred Fitzke of had taken on the responsibility for the first four years after establishment of the Clay County Museum to keep the museum open on Saturdays until a worker was eventually hired. In addition to making sure that the museum was open to any visitors they would also work on exhibits as they were brought in. Her presence will be greatly missed throughout the county.
Contributor: Clyde & Diana Schepers Frank (50664038)
VERLA MARIE FRANK
1915-1992
Verla Marie Frank was named for her paternal grandmother Marie Christine Weber Blumer.
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Longtime member of the Clay County Historical Society, Verla Frank, 77, dies.
The 43-year public school teacher who served two terms on the Harvard School Board after her retirement, Verla Frank of Harvard, died Friday, October 9, at the Bryan Memorial Hospital, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Miss Frank was born September 16, 1915, on the family farm north of Harvard and was the oldest of four children of Walter and Herta Frank. She graduated from Harvard High School in 1933, and later from Hastings College with a Bachelor in Education degree. She taught for 43 years in rural schools in Clay and Hamilton Counties and in the towns of Giltner, Edgar and Harvard. She was a member of the Harvard United Church of Christ, Clay County Historical Society, Delta Kappa Gamma, Delta Rho, Glendale Club, Harvard Library Board, Chapter #70 Order of the Eastern Star, Harvard Chapter L, P.E.O., Women’s Club, Hastings Retired Teachers Association, the National Education Association, and the Nebraska State Historical Society. Survivors are her mother, Hattie Frank of Harvard, brother Clyde Frank of Harvard and sister Beulah Wagner of Gildner. Alberding-Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Services were held Tuesday, at the Harvard Uunited Church of Christ, with the Rev. John R. Finster officiating. Burial was in the Harvard Cemetery. Miss Frank taught history and social studies for 31 of those 43 years, and was sponsor for the senior class and the pep club. As a longtime board member of the Clay County Historical Society, she served for many years as board secretary. George Woolsey who was the only member left of the original board, said that Miss Frank and Mildred Fitzke of had taken on the responsibility for the first four years after establishment of the Clay County Museum to keep the museum open on Saturdays until a worker was eventually hired. In addition to making sure that the museum was open to any visitors they would also work on exhibits as they were brought in. Her presence will be greatly missed throughout the county.
Contributor: Clyde & Diana Schepers Frank (50664038)
1915-1992
Verla Marie Frank was named for her paternal grandmother Marie Christine Weber Blumer.
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Longtime member of the Clay County Historical Society, Verla Frank, 77, dies.
The 43-year public school teacher who served two terms on the Harvard School Board after her retirement, Verla Frank of Harvard, died Friday, October 9, at the Bryan Memorial Hospital, in Lincoln, Nebraska. Miss Frank was born September 16, 1915, on the family farm north of Harvard and was the oldest of four children of Walter and Herta Frank. She graduated from Harvard High School in 1933, and later from Hastings College with a Bachelor in Education degree. She taught for 43 years in rural schools in Clay and Hamilton Counties and in the towns of Giltner, Edgar and Harvard. She was a member of the Harvard United Church of Christ, Clay County Historical Society, Delta Kappa Gamma, Delta Rho, Glendale Club, Harvard Library Board, Chapter #70 Order of the Eastern Star, Harvard Chapter L, P.E.O., Women’s Club, Hastings Retired Teachers Association, the National Education Association, and the Nebraska State Historical Society. Survivors are her mother, Hattie Frank of Harvard, brother Clyde Frank of Harvard and sister Beulah Wagner of Gildner. Alberding-Wilson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements. Services were held Tuesday, at the Harvard Uunited Church of Christ, with the Rev. John R. Finster officiating. Burial was in the Harvard Cemetery. Miss Frank taught history and social studies for 31 of those 43 years, and was sponsor for the senior class and the pep club. As a longtime board member of the Clay County Historical Society, she served for many years as board secretary. George Woolsey who was the only member left of the original board, said that Miss Frank and Mildred Fitzke of had taken on the responsibility for the first four years after establishment of the Clay County Museum to keep the museum open on Saturdays until a worker was eventually hired. In addition to making sure that the museum was open to any visitors they would also work on exhibits as they were brought in. Her presence will be greatly missed throughout the county.
Contributor: Clyde & Diana Schepers Frank (50664038)
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