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William Frederick Briss II

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William Frederick Briss II

Birth
Osage, Mitchell County, Iowa, USA
Death
6 Dec 1953 (aged 76)
Kensal, Stutsman County, North Dakota, USA
Burial
Eddy County, North Dakota, USA Add to Map
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Funeral services for W.F. Briss, 76, who died at the home of his son, Edward, north of Kensal, were held Thursday at McHenry. Rev. A.O. Borlaugh officiated and burial was in the McHenry cemetery.

Briss, a retired farmer, died of heart disease. He had been in fair health up until the heart attack.

Born March 29, 1877, Briss spent his earlier years at Osage, Iowa, where he attended school. He came to North Dakota as a young man and 27 years ago he came to Foster County. He was married to Elsie Hass at Lucca, N.D., in 1905. Mrs Briss died in 1942.

Survivors are eight sons and four daughters; Joseph and Perry, Courtenay; William and Edward, Kensal; Clarence and Robert, Glenfield; Harry, McHenry; Charles, Kansas City; Mrs Paul (Amy) Frappier, McHenry; Mrs Ray (Alma) Sharbono and Mrs Paul (Alice) Cody, Carrington; Mrs G. Syverson (Helen), Dunseith. There are two brothers, Fred and Henry Briss, Necedah, Wisconsin, 29 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

STUTSMAN COUNTY RECORD
Thursday 17 December 1953 p5
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Married February 14, 1905 Lucca, Barnes County, ND
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Funeral services for W.F. Briss, 76, who died at the home of his son, Edward, north of Kensal, were held Thursday at McHenry. Rev. A.O. Borlaugh officiated and burial was in the McHenry cemetery.

Briss, a retired farmer, died of heart disease. He had been in fair health up until the heart attack.

Born March 29, 1877, Briss spent his earlier years at Osage, Iowa, where he attended school. He came to North Dakota as a young man and 27 years ago he came to Foster County. He was married to Elsie Hass at Lucca, N.D., in 1905. Mrs Briss died in 1942.

Survivors are eight sons and four daughters; Joseph and Perry, Courtenay; William and Edward, Kensal; Clarence and Robert, Glenfield; Harry, McHenry; Charles, Kansas City; Mrs Paul (Amy) Frappier, McHenry; Mrs Ray (Alma) Sharbono and Mrs Paul (Alice) Cody, Carrington; Mrs G. Syverson (Helen), Dunseith. There are two brothers, Fred and Henry Briss, Necedah, Wisconsin, 29 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren.

STUTSMAN COUNTY RECORD
Thursday 17 December 1953 p5
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Married February 14, 1905 Lucca, Barnes County, ND
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