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Obituary

Frances Louise, (known as Fanny,) was the 7th child out of eleven born to Thomas Armstrong and Sarah Kernahan. She was born in Oquawka, Illinois but married Edward Elliott Bolsinger on 15 Oct 1874, in Des Moines, Iowa. They made their home in Burlington where they had five children, three of which lived to adults & into older age. Their children were; George Elliott, Marcella Zetta, and Raymond. Myrtle and Ivy passed when very young. It is difficult to get a clear picture of Frances, a daughter of an Irish, Protestant, immigrant mother and an Irish immigrant father. It seemed that her husband provided well due to a good job as yardmaster at the Burlington Railroad. He brought finer things to the home like a Victrola. The home was filled with opera music, Al Jolson and many Irish tenors. Her children moved away as adults. George to Washington State, Zetta to New York, Ray to Calif. (eventually.) She and her husband visited them. On a visit to George she had problems with her gall bladder and went in for what was suppose to be a simple surgery, but she died on the operating table. her distraught husband said he would never go to a hospital as they were responsible for her death.

The funeral services of Mrs. Frances Bolsinger, aged sixty, will be held at the family home, No. 800 South Central Ave., Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The funeral services will be conducted by the Woman’s Relief Corps at the home and the grave by the Ruth Rebekah Lodge and the Court of Honor. Rev. FD Ferrall, of the Christian church, will conduct the services.
The deceased is survived by her husband Elliott Bolsinger of this city, and two sons, Dr. GE Bolsinger of Tacoma, Wash., and Ray Bolsinger of Fargo, N.D., and one daughter, Marcella Bolsinger of Jacksonville, Fla.