Hancock County Journal
Carthage, Illinois
Thursday
December 11, 1952
Section 1
Page 3
Columns 7 & 8Funeral for Frank
Fonda Law, Webster,
Tuesday Afternoon.Funeral services for Frank Fonda Law, 69, of Webster were held Tuesday afternoon in the Fountain Green Presbyterian church. Rev. Robert B. Clark officiated and interment was in McConnell cemetery near Fountain Green.
Music was played by Mrs. George Latherow; Mrs. C. R. Callihan and Miss Ellen Lenix sang. Pallbearers were Albert Allen, Burk Harmon, Allen Geddes, Brice Latherow, Clifford Latherow and Kenneth McConnell.
The son of Dr. Robert I. and Alice Walker Law, he was born in Fountain Green, Sept. 12, 1883, and died Dec. 7, in Memorial hospital, Carthage.
His mother died when he was 2 years old and he was reared in the home of his great aunt, Miss Margaret McConnell. As a boy and young man he attended Fountain Green schools, Park college, Parkville, Mo., and the University of Illinois.
For a number of years he taught in the rural schools of Fountain Green township. In 1917 he joined the U. S. navy and served for the duration of World War I. Following his years of war service he purchased a farm near Webster and spent the remainder of his years in that occupation.
He was a member of the Fountain Green Presbyterian church, Phillip Hartzell American Legion post of Carthage and a director in the Harmony Mutual Insurance company.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Alexander, George, Louis and Frederick, and one sister, who died at birth. He is survived by one brother, Archie R. Law of Bentonville, Ark.; a number of nephews and one niece.
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Page 128Friends here were somewhat surprised to learn about noon Sunday that Frank Law of the Webster vicinity had passed away at Memorial Hospital in Carthage a few hours earlier.
He had been a patient at the hospital for a little over a week and had undergone surgery a few days before, but it was not generally known that his condition was critical.
Frank was born in Ftn. Green sixty nine years ago and had spent his entire life in this general locality. For many years he was a successful teacher in the rural schools of this section. After retiring from the teaching profession he became engaged in farming and stock raising, an occupation which he continued to follow throughout the remainder of his life.
Of his immediate family, he is survived only by one brother, Arch Law, who lives in Arkansas. There are also a number of distant cousins in this vicinity.
Funeral services were held at the Ftn. Green Presbyterian church this Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock with Rev. Robert B. Clark, pastor of the Carthage Presbyterian church officiating. Burial was in the McConnell cemetery. Pall bearers were Allen Geddes, Burke Harmon, Albert Allen, K. W. McConnell, Brice and Clifford Latherow.
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Page 129Frank F. Law
Dies In HospitalFrank F. Law, of Webster, died in Memorial hospital, December 7, at 10:45 a. m. Death terminated an eight-day illness.
He was the son of Dr. R. I. and Alice Walker Law and was born at Fountain Green on September 9, 1883. He served in the navy during the first World War. He never married.
The only immediate survivor is a brother, Arch Law, of Bentonville, Arkansas.
Last rites were held at the Fountain Green Presbyterian church at 2 p. m. Tuesday. Officiating was the Rev. Robert B. Clark, pastor of the Carthage Presbyterian church. Burial was in McConnell cemetery.
