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La Grande, Union County, Oregon
Heart Attack Brings Death To Frank H. Dekalb
Frank H. Dekalb, 76 year old retired engineer who made his home at 1804 Washington Avenue, died at his home Monday, July 29, following a heart attack.
Born in Larned, Kansas, on November 17, 1880, Dekalb had made his home in La Grande for the past 50 years. He was a member of B. of L. F. & E. and of the Presbyterian Church.
Surviving him are his wife, Grace, La Grande; one son, Lawrence, Roseburg, Ore.; three sisters, Mrs. Mabel Mattoon, Salem, Mrs. A. E. Erickson, Larned, Kansas, and Mrs. Edna Brannon, Rozel, Kansas; two brothers, Vern, Longview, Wash. and Wilber, Bloomington, Ind.; one grandson and other relatives.
Services will be at 3 o’clock this afternoon at the Snodgrass Funeral Chapel and burial is to be in the City Cemetery.
Eastern Oregon Review, August 1, 1957
Contributed by: Holly Vonderohe