Obituary - Frank F. Broemeling

Frank Broemeling, Retired Carpenter, Dies At Clarkston Hospital Of Cancer

Frank F. Broemeling, 70, Lapwai, a native of Genesee and a retired carpenter, died at 7:15 last night at Tri-State Memorial Hospital, Clarkston. Death was due to cancer.

Broemeling had lived at Lapwai since 1958, when he returned to this area from Fairbanks, Alaska, where he had worked as a carpenter.

He was a long-time member of the Moose Lodge and the Fairbanks Carpenters Union.

Broemeling was born Oct. 9, 1898, at Genesee, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Broemeling. He lived at Genesee until 1919, when he moved to Cudogen, Alta., where he resided until 1934. He was a resident of Clarkston from 1934 to 1950, when he moved to Fairbanks. He moved to Lapwai in 1958.

Broemeling married Bonnie Summers at Provost, Alta., Oct. 9, 1922. They were divorced in 1942 and he married Mrs. Josephine Kern of Coeur d'Alene, November, 1956.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Earl (Lois) Cummings, Clarkston; three sons, Glenn H. Broemeling, Lewiston; Ronald C. Broemeling, Clarkston and Francis Boyd, Columbus, Ohio; four step-daughters, Mrs. Ann M. Christenson, Seattle, Mrs. Leona Claus, Lewiston, Mrs. Kathleen Picavet, Clarkston, and Mrs. Barbara Wyatt, Orofino; a stepson, Lloyd Kern, Culdesac; two brothers, Gerhardt Broemeling, Provost, Alta, and Joseph Broemeling, Moscow; 30 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be tomorrow at 2 p.m. at the Brower-Wann Funeral Home. Burial will be at the Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.

Probably Lewiston Morning Tribune, (handwritten: "July 16, 1969" and "July 18, 1969 funeral")

Frank Broemeling, 70, Former Genesee Resident, Passes July 16

Frank F. Broemeling, 70, Lapwai, a native of Genesee and a retired carpenter, died at 7:15 Wednesday at Memorial hospital Clarkston. Death was due to cancer.

Broemeling had lived at Lapwai since 1958, when he returned to this area from Fairbanks, Alaska where he had worked as a carpenter.

He was a long-time member of the Moose lodge and the Fairbanks Carpenters Union.

He was born October 9, 1898 at Genesee, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Broemeling. He lived at Genesee until 1919, when he moved to Cudogen, Alta., where he resided until 1934. He was a resident of Clarkston from 1934 to 1950, when he moved to Fairbanks. He moved to Lapwai in 1958.

He married Bonnie Summers at Provost, Alta., Oct. 9, 1922. They were divorced in 1942 and he married Mrs. Josephine Kern of Coeur d'Alene, November, 1956.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Earl (Lois) Cummings, Clarkston; three sons, Glenn H. Broemeling, Lewiston; Ronald C. Broemeling, Clarkston and Francis Boyd, Columbus, Ohio; four step-daughters and a stepson; two brothers, Gerhard Broemeling, Provost, Alta, and Joseph Broemeling, Genesee; 30 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Friday at Brower-Wann Funeral Home. Burial was at the Lewis-Clark Memorial Gardens.

Unidentified newspaper, (undated clipping)
Transcribed by Jill Leonard Nock