KASSON -- The funeral for Matthew J. French will be 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Kasson, with the Rev. Stanley Miller officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery in Wasioja.
Mr. French, 84, a resident of Fairview Nursing Home in Dodge Center, formerly of Kasson and a retired IBM employee, died Tuesday (March 7, 1995) at the nursing home.
He was born April 11, 1910, in Burnett County, Wis. to Matthew F & Anna Hyden French, grew up there, graduated from high school in Grantsburg, Wis., in 1928 and moved to Dodge County, Minn., in 1930. On Feb. 7, 1933, he married Doris M. Sackett in rural Dodge Center and they lived in Wasioja and operated the Wasioja Store until 1962. Mr. French was a machinist at IBM from 1958 until his retirement in 1975. He and his wife moved to Kasson in 1982 and he entered the nursing home in 1992. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Merton D. of Owatonna and John of Raleigh, N.C.; three daughters, Bonnie (Mrs. Arthur) Thoreson of Franklin, N.C., Vivian "Frenchy" (Mrs. Jim) Dennis of Lincoln, Neb., and Marilyn (Mrs. Robert) Mack of Rochester; 13 grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Lucile Pearson of Evansville, Minn. A grandson and a brother preceded him in death.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Dibble Funeral Home in Kasson and an hour before the service Friday at the church
Mr. French, 84, a resident of Fairview Nursing Home in Dodge Center, formerly of Kasson and a retired IBM employee, died Tuesday (March 7, 1995) at the nursing home.
He was born April 11, 1910, in Burnett County, Wis. to Matthew F & Anna Hyden French, grew up there, graduated from high school in Grantsburg, Wis., in 1928 and moved to Dodge County, Minn., in 1930. On Feb. 7, 1933, he married Doris M. Sackett in rural Dodge Center and they lived in Wasioja and operated the Wasioja Store until 1962. Mr. French was a machinist at IBM from 1958 until his retirement in 1975. He and his wife moved to Kasson in 1982 and he entered the nursing home in 1992. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Merton D. of Owatonna and John of Raleigh, N.C.; three daughters, Bonnie (Mrs. Arthur) Thoreson of Franklin, N.C., Vivian "Frenchy" (Mrs. Jim) Dennis of Lincoln, Neb., and Marilyn (Mrs. Robert) Mack of Rochester; 13 grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Lucile Pearson of Evansville, Minn. A grandson and a brother preceded him in death.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Dibble Funeral Home in Kasson and an hour before the service Friday at the church
KASSON -- The funeral for Matthew J. French will be 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Kasson, with the Rev. Stanley Miller officiating. Burial will be in Wildwood Cemetery in Wasioja.
Mr. French, 84, a resident of Fairview Nursing Home in Dodge Center, formerly of Kasson and a retired IBM employee, died Tuesday (March 7, 1995) at the nursing home.
He was born April 11, 1910, in Burnett County, Wis. to Matthew F & Anna Hyden French, grew up there, graduated from high school in Grantsburg, Wis., in 1928 and moved to Dodge County, Minn., in 1930. On Feb. 7, 1933, he married Doris M. Sackett in rural Dodge Center and they lived in Wasioja and operated the Wasioja Store until 1962. Mr. French was a machinist at IBM from 1958 until his retirement in 1975. He and his wife moved to Kasson in 1982 and he entered the nursing home in 1992. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Merton D. of Owatonna and John of Raleigh, N.C.; three daughters, Bonnie (Mrs. Arthur) Thoreson of Franklin, N.C., Vivian "Frenchy" (Mrs. Jim) Dennis of Lincoln, Neb., and Marilyn (Mrs. Robert) Mack of Rochester; 13 grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Lucile Pearson of Evansville, Minn. A grandson and a brother preceded him in death.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Dibble Funeral Home in Kasson and an hour before the service Friday at the church
Mr. French, 84, a resident of Fairview Nursing Home in Dodge Center, formerly of Kasson and a retired IBM employee, died Tuesday (March 7, 1995) at the nursing home.
He was born April 11, 1910, in Burnett County, Wis. to Matthew F & Anna Hyden French, grew up there, graduated from high school in Grantsburg, Wis., in 1928 and moved to Dodge County, Minn., in 1930. On Feb. 7, 1933, he married Doris M. Sackett in rural Dodge Center and they lived in Wasioja and operated the Wasioja Store until 1962. Mr. French was a machinist at IBM from 1958 until his retirement in 1975. He and his wife moved to Kasson in 1982 and he entered the nursing home in 1992. He was a member of First Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife; two sons, Merton D. of Owatonna and John of Raleigh, N.C.; three daughters, Bonnie (Mrs. Arthur) Thoreson of Franklin, N.C., Vivian "Frenchy" (Mrs. Jim) Dennis of Lincoln, Neb., and Marilyn (Mrs. Robert) Mack of Rochester; 13 grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Mrs. Lucile Pearson of Evansville, Minn. A grandson and a brother preceded him in death.
Friends may call from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday at Dibble Funeral Home in Kasson and an hour before the service Friday at the church
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