Pioneer Genealogical Society - Ponca City, Oklahoma
Kay County Sun The Times-Record Submitted
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Frank L. Freeland,
foreman of the Times-Record office, died at his home on East Blackwell
Avenue Sunday morning after a ten days illness with pneumonia. The funeral
services were held at the home of the deceased’s parents. Mr. And
Mrs. F. M. Freeland, at 2 o’clock Monday and interment was made
in the I.O.O.F. cemetery, the remains being followed to their last resting
place by a large number of friends. Frank L. Freeland Frank L. Freeland,
foreman of the Times-Record office, died at his home in this city of pneumonia
at about 9 o’clock Sunday morning, after an illness of but a week.
Frank had been suffering with la grippe the week before, but with his
usual devotion to employers’ interest had refused to stop work,
thinking that he could wear it out, and when he did go down with pneumonia
it was of such a serious nature that no hope of his recovery was entertained.
The delirious feature of the disease was manifested early in his illness,
and while it gave him an unnatural strength that deceived some of his
attendants, it was to others a sure symptom of a fatal termination. During
his delirium he worked incessantly at his trade, and every branch and
feature of his work was constantly enacted by him. Even in his semi-conscious
moments his only thought seemed to be of the inconvenience his absence
might be causing this office, and almost his last breath, before his good-bye
to his mother and wife, was of his work. Frank L. Freeland was born in
Blandinsville, Ill., December 4, 1862, and was 38 years, 1 month and 16
days old at the time of his death. In the winter of 1878 he commenced
his work in a newspaper office with the Winfield Kansas Telegram, and
for several years worked on that and other Winfield papers, and later
on Arkansas City papers. He was compelled to stop work on account of his
health at one time, but a year on a ranch with an uncle in Lyons county,
Kansas, so built up his health that he resumed the printer’s trade.
He worked in Texas, and from there went to Guthrie, Okla., where he was
foreman of the news room of the Daily Capital for some time, and came
from that office to take the foremanship of this office almost three years
ago. His ability as a printer is attested by every man for whom he worked
and for every printer with whom he worked. It is probably true that he
was the best all around printer in Oklahoma; as compositor, ad man, job
man and pressman he was the fastest, and at the same time the most accurate
and dependable man we have ever seen. His zeal for his work was remarkable,
and he never could bear to be idle. He was courteous and obliging both
to employers and associates, and rarely if ever exhibited any temper or
impatience with others. He was passionately fond of Nature’s products
of animals and of children, and he was never too busy to speak kindly
to any child whether while at work or during his hours of recreation.
As a son he was kind, considerate and affectionate; as a brother it was
said of him that he never spoke a cross word to sister or brother, and
as a husband and father he was exceptionally devoted. He leaves a wife
and three children, one son and two daughters; an aged father and mother,
Mr. And Mrs. F. M. Freeland of this city; a sister, Mrs. J. W. Randall,
and a brother, Rev. Bert Freeland, both of this city. The funeral was
held Monday afternoon from the home of his father and mother, the services
being conducted by the officers of the Volunteers of America of this city.
A large crowd of neighbors, friends and associates attended the funeral
and interment, which was made in the Odd Fellows’ cemetery south
of the city. The sympathy of the many friends is with the afflicted ones.
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