Frank's birthdate is March 10, 1882 on his death certificate, but December 17, 1878 on his WWI registration card.
h/o Viola Agar
From the Dallas Morning News, Wednesday, October 23, 1935, p. 12:
Frank Agar, Oratorio Singer, Dies Tuesday In Fort Worth Hotel
Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 22 -- Frank C. Agar, 56, who rose from newsboy to be acclaimed by critics as one of the greatest oratorio singers in the South, died at his hotel room here Tuesday.
Orphaned when he was a small boy, he maintained himself in Buffalo, N. Y., by selling papers and finally worked his way nearly through college studying for the ministry. When he lacked only one year of being graduated he decided to be a singer. Without money for training he brought phonograph records and trained himself. After a year of this self-help the college conservatory that had turned him down as poor voice material accepted him as star pupil.
Later he studied with Charles Washburn in New York, sang with symphony orchestras and gave concerts throughout the South. He came to Fort Worth twenty-three years ago to teach singing.
Services will be held Wednesday in the First Methodist Church, where he often sang and where the choir will sing his favorite hymns.
He is survived by his wife.
h/o Viola Agar
From the Dallas Morning News, Wednesday, October 23, 1935, p. 12:
Frank Agar, Oratorio Singer, Dies Tuesday In Fort Worth Hotel
Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 22 -- Frank C. Agar, 56, who rose from newsboy to be acclaimed by critics as one of the greatest oratorio singers in the South, died at his hotel room here Tuesday.
Orphaned when he was a small boy, he maintained himself in Buffalo, N. Y., by selling papers and finally worked his way nearly through college studying for the ministry. When he lacked only one year of being graduated he decided to be a singer. Without money for training he brought phonograph records and trained himself. After a year of this self-help the college conservatory that had turned him down as poor voice material accepted him as star pupil.
Later he studied with Charles Washburn in New York, sang with symphony orchestras and gave concerts throughout the South. He came to Fort Worth twenty-three years ago to teach singing.
Services will be held Wednesday in the First Methodist Church, where he often sang and where the choir will sing his favorite hymns.
He is survived by his wife.
Frank's birthdate is March 10, 1882 on his death certificate, but December 17, 1878 on his WWI registration card.
h/o Viola Agar
From the Dallas Morning News, Wednesday, October 23, 1935, p. 12:
Frank Agar, Oratorio Singer, Dies Tuesday In Fort Worth Hotel
Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 22 -- Frank C. Agar, 56, who rose from newsboy to be acclaimed by critics as one of the greatest oratorio singers in the South, died at his hotel room here Tuesday.
Orphaned when he was a small boy, he maintained himself in Buffalo, N. Y., by selling papers and finally worked his way nearly through college studying for the ministry. When he lacked only one year of being graduated he decided to be a singer. Without money for training he brought phonograph records and trained himself. After a year of this self-help the college conservatory that had turned him down as poor voice material accepted him as star pupil.
Later he studied with Charles Washburn in New York, sang with symphony orchestras and gave concerts throughout the South. He came to Fort Worth twenty-three years ago to teach singing.
Services will be held Wednesday in the First Methodist Church, where he often sang and where the choir will sing his favorite hymns.
He is survived by his wife.
h/o Viola Agar
From the Dallas Morning News, Wednesday, October 23, 1935, p. 12:
Frank Agar, Oratorio Singer, Dies Tuesday In Fort Worth Hotel
Fort Worth, Texas, Oct. 22 -- Frank C. Agar, 56, who rose from newsboy to be acclaimed by critics as one of the greatest oratorio singers in the South, died at his hotel room here Tuesday.
Orphaned when he was a small boy, he maintained himself in Buffalo, N. Y., by selling papers and finally worked his way nearly through college studying for the ministry. When he lacked only one year of being graduated he decided to be a singer. Without money for training he brought phonograph records and trained himself. After a year of this self-help the college conservatory that had turned him down as poor voice material accepted him as star pupil.
Later he studied with Charles Washburn in New York, sang with symphony orchestras and gave concerts throughout the South. He came to Fort Worth twenty-three years ago to teach singing.
Services will be held Wednesday in the First Methodist Church, where he often sang and where the choir will sing his favorite hymns.
He is survived by his wife.
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