FRANK ZAITZ OF LEADVILLE DIED TODAY -
Pioneer and Wealthy Slope Resident With Many Interests -
Leadville, Colo, May 28, (AP)- Frank Zaitz, 67, once called a millionaire, died today after an illness of two weeks.
He was president of Zaitz Mercantile company and had been a resident of Leadville 50 years.
He was a director of the First National Bank of Glenwood Springs and was president of the St. Louis Gold Mining company of Leadville. He also had coal mining interest in Grand Valley.
Born in the Austrian province of Solvenia, he came to Leadville as a poor emigrant boy and obtained a job in the Arkansas Valley smelter.
He gradually built up a mercantile business from a corner grocery store and fortunate investments swelled his fortune until he was rated a millionaire.
He is survived by his widow and two daughters. A son Frank Jr., was killed in an auto accident two years ago. [Published in “The Daily Sentinel,” Grand Junction, Colorado, Thursday, May 28th, 1936, MDP, Page 1.]
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Business man, Mining Operator, Merchant and Grocer in Leadville Colorado.
Immigrated to the US at the age of 17. Lived in Ohio and then moved to Leadville, Colorado in 1886.
Brothers are Dr. Stanko Zaitz; Father Ludwig Zaitz Preist. Sister is Mary Zaitz-Bobich.
Married on October 1894.
Note: Some US Census records indicate he was born in Austria.
(Ref 1797)
Pioneer and Wealthy Slope Resident With Many Interests -
Leadville, Colo, May 28, (AP)- Frank Zaitz, 67, once called a millionaire, died today after an illness of two weeks.
He was president of Zaitz Mercantile company and had been a resident of Leadville 50 years.
He was a director of the First National Bank of Glenwood Springs and was president of the St. Louis Gold Mining company of Leadville. He also had coal mining interest in Grand Valley.
Born in the Austrian province of Solvenia, he came to Leadville as a poor emigrant boy and obtained a job in the Arkansas Valley smelter.
He gradually built up a mercantile business from a corner grocery store and fortunate investments swelled his fortune until he was rated a millionaire.
He is survived by his widow and two daughters. A son Frank Jr., was killed in an auto accident two years ago. [Published in “The Daily Sentinel,” Grand Junction, Colorado, Thursday, May 28th, 1936, MDP, Page 1.]
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Business man, Mining Operator, Merchant and Grocer in Leadville Colorado.
Immigrated to the US at the age of 17. Lived in Ohio and then moved to Leadville, Colorado in 1886.
Brothers are Dr. Stanko Zaitz; Father Ludwig Zaitz Preist. Sister is Mary Zaitz-Bobich.
Married on October 1894.
Note: Some US Census records indicate he was born in Austria.
(Ref 1797)
FRANK ZAITZ OF LEADVILLE DIED TODAY -
Pioneer and Wealthy Slope Resident With Many Interests -
Leadville, Colo, May 28, (AP)- Frank Zaitz, 67, once called a millionaire, died today after an illness of two weeks.
He was president of Zaitz Mercantile company and had been a resident of Leadville 50 years.
He was a director of the First National Bank of Glenwood Springs and was president of the St. Louis Gold Mining company of Leadville. He also had coal mining interest in Grand Valley.
Born in the Austrian province of Solvenia, he came to Leadville as a poor emigrant boy and obtained a job in the Arkansas Valley smelter.
He gradually built up a mercantile business from a corner grocery store and fortunate investments swelled his fortune until he was rated a millionaire.
He is survived by his widow and two daughters. A son Frank Jr., was killed in an auto accident two years ago. [Published in “The Daily Sentinel,” Grand Junction, Colorado, Thursday, May 28th, 1936, MDP, Page 1.]
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Business man, Mining Operator, Merchant and Grocer in Leadville Colorado.
Immigrated to the US at the age of 17. Lived in Ohio and then moved to Leadville, Colorado in 1886.
Brothers are Dr. Stanko Zaitz; Father Ludwig Zaitz Preist. Sister is Mary Zaitz-Bobich.
Married on October 1894.
Note: Some US Census records indicate he was born in Austria.
(Ref 1797)
Pioneer and Wealthy Slope Resident With Many Interests -
Leadville, Colo, May 28, (AP)- Frank Zaitz, 67, once called a millionaire, died today after an illness of two weeks.
He was president of Zaitz Mercantile company and had been a resident of Leadville 50 years.
He was a director of the First National Bank of Glenwood Springs and was president of the St. Louis Gold Mining company of Leadville. He also had coal mining interest in Grand Valley.
Born in the Austrian province of Solvenia, he came to Leadville as a poor emigrant boy and obtained a job in the Arkansas Valley smelter.
He gradually built up a mercantile business from a corner grocery store and fortunate investments swelled his fortune until he was rated a millionaire.
He is survived by his widow and two daughters. A son Frank Jr., was killed in an auto accident two years ago. [Published in “The Daily Sentinel,” Grand Junction, Colorado, Thursday, May 28th, 1936, MDP, Page 1.]
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Business man, Mining Operator, Merchant and Grocer in Leadville Colorado.
Immigrated to the US at the age of 17. Lived in Ohio and then moved to Leadville, Colorado in 1886.
Brothers are Dr. Stanko Zaitz; Father Ludwig Zaitz Preist. Sister is Mary Zaitz-Bobich.
Married on October 1894.
Note: Some US Census records indicate he was born in Austria.
(Ref 1797)
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