Restauranteur Frank Wallo Is Dead; Was 69 (photo)
TWO RIVERS-Frank F. Wallo 69, of ???? Washington St., widely known long-time
downtown restauranteur (unreadable sentence) at his home shortly after 4 p.m.
Wednesday.
Mr. Wallo became ill about 10 a.m. Wednesday ???? ????? ??? of his mid-morning
patrons. Previously, he had been active in the operation of his restaurant
which he had conducted for nearly 30 years.
Masonic funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at the Klein & Stangel Inc.,
Funeral Home. The Masonic work at the chapel and at the graveside at Pioneers'
Rest Cemetery will be conducted by the Lodge No. 200, F. & A.M., under the
direction of Past Master Heber Clayton.
Active pallbearers (names omitted for privacy)
Had Early Garage
Mr. Wallo was born in the Town of (sentence illegible) April ??, 1888, son of
the late Theodore and Mary Ertman Wallo. When he was a child the family brought
him to Two Rivers. In his youth he became associated with the management of the
old Williams House at Manitowoc and when the Hotel Hamilton was built here in
the early 1900s he had charge of the establishment's billard room.
Mechanically inclined since childhood, Mr. Wallo became one of the earliest
garage operators in northeastern Wisconsin, establishing the Tourists Garage in
the rear of Hotel Hamilton on 15th Street. He was the territory dealer of the
Allen automobile as well as the Elmore, both discontinued after a number of years.
After disposing of that enterprise he was employed for a number of years by the
Two Rivers Hardware Co., working as a roofer.
In 1930 he established his restaurant on Washington Street in what was known
earlier as the Boldus Building. A few years later the Kitchen Shop was added to
the operation for the sale of Two Rivers made Aluminum utensils. It is quartered
in the north part of the building.
Patriotic, Mr. Wallo in the past 17 years had been known to have refuse to accept
payment for a lunch or dinner from any person (illegible) Forces in visiting his
restaurant. Through the years he also practiced perfect etiquette in the display
of the American flag on his property.
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A colorful personality, Mr. Wallo is long prized his large collection of Indian
relics, which representatives of a eastern museum a few years ago considered
exceedingly rare. When radio came into being after World War I, Mr. Wallo became
an ardent enthusiast, owning the first radio set in the community. Of an inventive
mind Mr. Wallo a number of years ago also conceived the idea of insulating soles
of shoes against the cold with the use of aluminum. Most of the local letter
carriers had worn these insulated insoles, a gift of Mr. Wallo.
Mr. Wallo was a lifelong Republican and for years was active in committee work for
the county organization.
Mr. Wallo was active until his death in affairs of the local Masonic lodge,
participating also in its degree work for a number of years.
In 1909 Mr. Wallo married the former Irene Boldus, daughter of the late F.F. Boldus,
early Two Rivers meat market operator who originally owned the large wooded acreage
known as "Boldus Woods" on the city's north end now known as the Boldus Subdivision.
Mrs. Wallo ?????? assisted her husband in the operation of the restaurant.
Besides his wife Mr. Wallo leaves two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Dohrman of Oshkosh and
Mrs. Leonard W. Stangel of Two Rivers; two sisters, Mrs. ????? Pilon of Two Rivers
and Mrs. Jacob Strong of Manitowoc; two brothers, Joseph and Robert of Kansas City,
Mo., and five grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 7 o'clock this Thursday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Thursday, November 7, 1957 P.2