Frank Griest Dead.
Expired Suddenly at the Home of His Mother Monday Afternoon.
Frank Griest, a son of the late Major Ellwood Griest and a brother of Secretary of the commonwealth W.W. Griest, died suddenly at the home of his mother, 419 South Prince street, Monday afternoon.
He had been confined to the house for several days, but nothing serious was apprehended. Shortly before 3 o'clock he was attacked with heart failure and expired in a few minutes.
Mr. Griest was forty-six years old and at the time of his death was editing the Weekly Inquirer. He was formerly a school teacher in this city, and also clerk to the county commissioners, being succeeded in that capacity by his brother, W.W. Griest.
He is survived by a wife and two children; also, by his mother and his brother, W.W. Griest. -- The Lancaster Examiner, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 7Mar1900, p. 5.
Walter A. Fox and Frank Griest Buried Yesterday Afternoon.
...The funeral of Frank Griest took place yesterday afternoon from his late home, No. 419 South Prince street. Services of the Society of Friends were conducted at the house and interment was made in Woodward Hill cemetery. There were many handsome floral tributes. The pall bearers were H.K. Myers, Morris Cooper, John H. Landis, Geo. Eckert, C. Herbert Obreiter and James prangley, jr. At the house Miss Marion Pyott sang "Lead Kindly Light." -- The News-Journal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 9Mar1900, p. 4.
Expired Suddenly at the Home of His Mother Monday Afternoon.
Frank Griest, a son of the late Major Ellwood Griest and a brother of Secretary of the commonwealth W.W. Griest, died suddenly at the home of his mother, 419 South Prince street, Monday afternoon.
He had been confined to the house for several days, but nothing serious was apprehended. Shortly before 3 o'clock he was attacked with heart failure and expired in a few minutes.
Mr. Griest was forty-six years old and at the time of his death was editing the Weekly Inquirer. He was formerly a school teacher in this city, and also clerk to the county commissioners, being succeeded in that capacity by his brother, W.W. Griest.
He is survived by a wife and two children; also, by his mother and his brother, W.W. Griest. -- The Lancaster Examiner, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 7Mar1900, p. 5.
Walter A. Fox and Frank Griest Buried Yesterday Afternoon.
...The funeral of Frank Griest took place yesterday afternoon from his late home, No. 419 South Prince street. Services of the Society of Friends were conducted at the house and interment was made in Woodward Hill cemetery. There were many handsome floral tributes. The pall bearers were H.K. Myers, Morris Cooper, John H. Landis, Geo. Eckert, C. Herbert Obreiter and James prangley, jr. At the house Miss Marion Pyott sang "Lead Kindly Light." -- The News-Journal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 9Mar1900, p. 4.
Frank Griest Dead.
Expired Suddenly at the Home of His Mother Monday Afternoon.
Frank Griest, a son of the late Major Ellwood Griest and a brother of Secretary of the commonwealth W.W. Griest, died suddenly at the home of his mother, 419 South Prince street, Monday afternoon.
He had been confined to the house for several days, but nothing serious was apprehended. Shortly before 3 o'clock he was attacked with heart failure and expired in a few minutes.
Mr. Griest was forty-six years old and at the time of his death was editing the Weekly Inquirer. He was formerly a school teacher in this city, and also clerk to the county commissioners, being succeeded in that capacity by his brother, W.W. Griest.
He is survived by a wife and two children; also, by his mother and his brother, W.W. Griest. -- The Lancaster Examiner, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 7Mar1900, p. 5.
Walter A. Fox and Frank Griest Buried Yesterday Afternoon.
...The funeral of Frank Griest took place yesterday afternoon from his late home, No. 419 South Prince street. Services of the Society of Friends were conducted at the house and interment was made in Woodward Hill cemetery. There were many handsome floral tributes. The pall bearers were H.K. Myers, Morris Cooper, John H. Landis, Geo. Eckert, C. Herbert Obreiter and James prangley, jr. At the house Miss Marion Pyott sang "Lead Kindly Light." -- The News-Journal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 9Mar1900, p. 4.
Expired Suddenly at the Home of His Mother Monday Afternoon.
Frank Griest, a son of the late Major Ellwood Griest and a brother of Secretary of the commonwealth W.W. Griest, died suddenly at the home of his mother, 419 South Prince street, Monday afternoon.
He had been confined to the house for several days, but nothing serious was apprehended. Shortly before 3 o'clock he was attacked with heart failure and expired in a few minutes.
Mr. Griest was forty-six years old and at the time of his death was editing the Weekly Inquirer. He was formerly a school teacher in this city, and also clerk to the county commissioners, being succeeded in that capacity by his brother, W.W. Griest.
He is survived by a wife and two children; also, by his mother and his brother, W.W. Griest. -- The Lancaster Examiner, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 7Mar1900, p. 5.
Walter A. Fox and Frank Griest Buried Yesterday Afternoon.
...The funeral of Frank Griest took place yesterday afternoon from his late home, No. 419 South Prince street. Services of the Society of Friends were conducted at the house and interment was made in Woodward Hill cemetery. There were many handsome floral tributes. The pall bearers were H.K. Myers, Morris Cooper, John H. Landis, Geo. Eckert, C. Herbert Obreiter and James prangley, jr. At the house Miss Marion Pyott sang "Lead Kindly Light." -- The News-Journal, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 9Mar1900, p. 4.
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