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Franklin Oestreich Below is the obituary for Franklin Oestreich from the Oct. 13, 1995 Two Rivers Herald Times Reporter
Franklin C. Oestreich, age 88, of 3017
School St., Two Rivers, died early Thursday morning, October
12, 1995 at the Two Rivers Community Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.
Sunday, October 15, 1995, at St. John’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Two Rivers. Rev. David Scherbarth will
officiate with burial at Pioneer Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
He was born December 11, 1906 in Two
Rivers, son of the late Frank and Martha Magee Oestreich. He
was a graduate of Two Rivers Washington High School, where in
his junior year he was a member of the first team from Two
Rivers to play in the state high school basketball tournament.
On October 1, 1935, he married the former Ruth Walters, in Two
Rivers. She preceded him in death on January 14, 1978. Franklin
was employed for many years at the Mirro Aluminum Company as a
foreman in the shipping department. He was a longtime member of
St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church, having served on the
church council. He was also a former member of the
church’s senior choir and the Lutheran Mens Club. Mr.
Oestreich was also a member of the Two Rivers Senior Center,
where he sang in the Senior Center Choir.
Survivors include two sons and a
daughter-in-law, Lee and Kay Oestreich, Fond du Lac, Don
Oestreich and his special friend, Bernice DeWitt, Two Rivers;
one daughter and son-in-law, Karlyn and John Bieberitz,
Pewaukee, Wis.; one sister and brother-in-law, Winifred and
Lynford Meyer, Appleton; his special friend, Elvira Geerdts,
Two Rivers; five grandchildren, Sarah Kissinger, John and
Daniel Bieberitz, Jill and Pam Oestreich; three great
grandchildren, Andrew and Daniel Kissinger and Benjamin
Bieberitz. Besides his parents and his wife, he was preceded in
death by ten brothers and sisters, Edna, Harry, Ben, Lester,
Helen, Bessie, Lillian, Kenneth, Mabel and Chester.
Friends may call at the Deja and Martin
Funeral Chapels from 4-7 p.m. on Saturday and on Sunday at the
church after 1 p.m. until the time of service.
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