The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1922-10-26
Well known Kenoshan is
Stricken With Heart
Disease Sunday.
LONG RESIDENT HERE
Had Been Prominent in Build
ing Industries and in the PO-
litical Life of the City.

Frank H. White, aged II years, anc
one of the best known of the older
residents of Kenosha, died very sud
denly at mis- residence, sol Exchange
street, just before seven o'clock Sun
day morning. He had been stricken
with an ailment of the heart only a
few minutes before death came. The
announcement of his death came as
a great shock to many friends who
had considered him in the best of
health. Mr.. White was millwright
for the Frost Manufacturing company
and he had been at work on Saturday
and was evidently in the best of health
and spirits.
Mr.. White had spent much of Satur-
day evening at the Elks' club. With a
number of his close personal friends
he spent the evening in an unusually
happy way. Just before midnight he
had ridden to his home with Walter
j. Frost, president of the Frost com
pany and the two had talked for
few minutes after reaching the White
home. Evidently Mr.. White had no
warning of his impending death. When
he reached the house he talked and
joked with members of the family be-
before he retired to his room for
the night.
Stricken in Early Morning.
Early Sunday morning Mr.. White
had talked with members of the family
and at that time he showed no signs
of illness. Half an hour later when
one of the members of the family
went to his room they found him in
a dying condition.
DR.. G. H. Ripley was hurriedly call
ed to the home but before he arrived
death had come. 1t was the sugges-
ton of the physician that Mr.. White
had probably suffered from hardening
of the arteries and that this had
brought the sudden heart attack. The
death Of Mr.. White came as terri.
BILE shock to his widow and the two
daughters, who were with him when
the sudden summons came.
Was Native of Kenosha.
The deceased was a member of one
of the best known of the pioneer
families of Kenosha. His father, the
late Francis White, spent nearly all
of his life in Southport and Kenosha
and was widely known among the pio-
neers. Mr.. White was born in Ke-
nosha, November 81, 1850. He was
educated in the Kenosha schools and
one of the early students Of the old
Kenosha high school. On the compile
ton of his education he learned the
trade of carpenter and millwright.
For a time he was engaged as mill
wright for the Allis-C Chalmers com
pany in Milwaukee. He was active in
the building business in Kenosha for
many years, being junior member of
the contracting firm of HOlderness
and White. The firm was in charge
of the erection of many large build
ings in the city. After the dissolu-
ton of this partnership Mr.. White was
for q time in charge OF the building
work of the NJ R. Aliens Sons com
pany and slightly over ten years ago
he went to the position at the Frost
company which he had held until
his death.
Interested in Politics.
He was a leader in the Republican
party in Kenosha for many years and
was a member of the county commit
tee of the party for many years,
While never a seeker for public office
his interest in the development of
better schools in Kenosha led him to
become interested in many move
ments for the promotion of edu-
cation. He had taken a very active in
terest in the development of the
ommissioner-manager form of gov
eminent in Kenosha.
He was one of the older members
of the Kenosha Lodge of Elks and
had been q great favorite among the
members of the order.
On March IL, 1888, Mr.. White was
married to Miss Mary Peerbolt. The
widow and two daughters, Mrs. Oscar
H. Theleen and Miss Inez White, both
of Kenosha, survive him.
He was for many years a member
of the Unitarian Church society of
Kenosha and served as a member of
the board Of trustees Of the church
He was active in the work Of the
various organizations connected with
the church society.
The funeral services will be held at
the late residence at half past three
o'clock Tuesday afternoon with inter
ment at Green Ridge.