Arizona republican., 1916-01-15

Burial will be in Greenwood The Jacob Pilger, a grand nephew who has for some time been associated with him in business.
 In this incident there passes not the oldest in point of residence nor yet the most widely known among the merchants of Phoenix, but never
 theless a familiar landmark in its commercial life, one who has been universally respected through long career and who to know intimately was to esteem highly for his manly virtues and his kindly interest in all with whom he, came in close con- tact Well Friend Blank, how are you today" was his characteristic greeting for all and many there are who will miss that familiar saluta ton which was usually followed by words of optimism and encourage ment when he sensed a full heart or hungry soul.
 Like the soldier of the Legion, Dear Bingen on the Rhine" meant more to Frank Griebel than a geo. graphical commonplace or a region of scenic beauty, for in it's near vicinity he spent the first twenty five years following his birth in 1S40, of an old and respected Rhenish family, which for generations had been de
 voted toN-Titiculture, With a good public school education he sailed from Bremen in 1865 on a journey that ended in Beaver Dam, Wiscon- sin, where he was employed for two years as clerk in a general mer- ohandise store Going to Milwaukee he further equipped himself with a business college course and resumed clerking until 1883 when he sought the western shore and entered the employ of a Los Angeles store. ? In 1885 when the Los Angeles es- tablishment of Dillon X Kenealy opened drygoods, clothing and shoe store in Phoenix about where the
 Lamara theater now stands, MT.
 Griebel came here as one of it's
 trusted men. He remained with the
 company to the completion of its
 business and then served it's sue
 cessOr, the Alkire Dry Goods Com
 pany until 1897, when he opened
 the store he has since conducted, in
 the same location and handling the
 same general lines of groceries and
 staple dry goods. Other stores have
 come and gone, many have changed
 hands. Griebers store has been the
 central and unchangeable point fol
 many born and reared in Phoenix
 and especially for many still older families who learned to know tht genial proprietor in other years, ever while he was directing the business of others. He was essentially { 'storekeeper," that having been al most his sole occupation through life.
 Simple minded and honest he livet closer perhaps to a life of routine than any other Phoenix merchant Having never married, his home lift was somewhat that of a Lonesome man, but many years ago he fount the apartments that suited him ant retained them to the end. His late years have been harrassed with th disquietude of more or less contin uous illness and a couple of year ago he was so acutely attacked tha he was confined for many weeks Indeed it can scarcely be said tha he ever fully recovered. It wa about that time he was joined by hi nephew.
 Though never a man of Ostenta tious presence, nor a leader in pub lie affairs his influence was alway for what he believed to be right il all matters whether religious, civi, or political democrat in his sym pathies and a member of the Luth eran church since childhood he wa firm in his convictions and devoted to his ideals though never distaste fully aggressive. A good man i gone.