Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1936-02-13
SHORT ILLNESS With
pneumonia CLAIMS
WELL KNOW MAN
Funeral Services to Be Held
in P~lentywood Today
at 2 pm.

Plentywood grieves this week for
Frank j. Fishbeck, prominent resi-
dent of this city who passed away
Monday morning following a weeks
illness that developed into pneumonia.
Death came to the well-known cit
izen peacefully.
Taken i'll a week ago last Sunday
he was confined to his home. Last
Friday, pneumonia developed. Special
nurses and physicians battled vainly
to prolong his life. Knowing that he
could not overcome the ravaging i'll
ness, physicians summoned his aged
parents from Los Angeles, Calf, who
left Immediately for Plentywood. Ok
ygen was administered the dying man.
He died before they reached Plenty
wood. His faithful wife kept a con-
slant vigil at his bedside.
Funeral services will be held today.
Rev. Earle A. Clifford will say the
last rites at the Congregational church
at 2 pm. P~allbearers who will carry
the body to its resting place in the
Plentywood cemetery will be Robert
Ferris, Paul Kurtz, DR.. R. f. Gustaf-
son, Frank O'Toole, c. w. Peterson
and Oscar Collins. Thirty-two honor
airy pallbearers will be in the funeral
cortege.
Obituary
Frank J. Fishbeck was AZ years old.
He was born May IA, 1893, at Dexter
vile, Wisconsin, where he grew to
manhood. In 1910 he came to Plenty
wood to join his parents who had set
tied here the year previous. They
were among the early Plentywood and
Sheridan county settlers.
Seven years later war broke out.
Frank Fishbeck enlisted in the United
States army. He enlisted at Fort ON
aha, Nebr., Nov. IL, 1917 and was
placed in the Air Corps. Later he was
transferred to the Infantry and served
until his honorable discharge at the
close of the war, with the 18th Infan-
try Headquarters Co., then stationed
at Camp Lewis, Wash. AS a soldier he
attained the rank of sergeant.
Returning to Plentywood he worked
with his father in managing the many
farming and business enterprises ac-
%cumulated, among which were the Or
pheum theatre and a municipal light
plant here.
On August 30, 1924 he was married
to Nellie Goodman. Three children
were born to bless them.
Frank Fishbeck had many sterling
qualities and a splendid heritage. He
was a lover of sports. principally base
ball, and eagerly followed the prog
ress of his ~favorite big league teams
He never tired of that hobby. He was
a prominent member of the Plenty
wood American Legion post and fire
DEPARTMENT, to which organizations he
belonged for many years.
Frank Fishbeck was resigned to his
fate. Shortly before his death he called
his little children, whom he loved
dearly, to his bedside and spoke words
that could come only from the lips OF
a noble father. His treasured keep
sakes he gave to them. They will cher
ish them. He spoke comforting words
to his devoted wife. Inconsistencies
and delirium then blurred his men,
DRY.
Frank Fishbeck made many friends
during his years in Plentywood
Staunch friends who knew him best
will miss him most.
Plentywood grieves with his sor-
rowing parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. G
Fishbeck, his wife and three small
children, Frank Jr., Patricia Ann anc
MARYLAND Dawn.