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Show i Funeral Services Held Sunday for F. Kuchenmeister Funeral services were held Sunday Sun-day afternoon at the local L. D. S. chapel for Frank Kuchenmeister, 61, who died the preceding Thursday Thurs-day morning of a heart attack. Speakers were Principal E. R. Moody of the Milford high school, and S. O. Russey, representing the brotherhood of railroad engineers, who had charge of the services. Musical numbers included a vocal solo, "My Rosary", by Dan Ferguson; Fergu-son; a quartet number, "Under His Wings", by W. E. Martin, Mrs. Lee Gray, Mrs. F. E. Casterline and Roy Cottrell, and another vocal solo, "My Work Is Done", iby Mrs. Lee Gray. Prayers were offered by Miss Lucile Estes, deaconess-pastor deaconess-pastor of the M. E. church and Bishop M. J. Christensen of the L. D. S. church. The grave dedication dedica-tion was by Mr. Russey. Frank Kuchenmeister was born in Delano, Minnesota, October 9, 1877, son of Jacob and Katherine Kuchenmeister. Leaving heme at the age of 17 years, he located in Havre, Montana, where he started his railroad career, going to work in the shops of the Great Northern railroad. Promoted to fireman after af-ter some time in the shops, he later became engineer. He married Katherine Florine at Havre January 25, 1898, of which union a son Frank and daughter Katherine were born, the parents later separating. Leaving the Great Northern, Mr. Kuchenmeister came south about 1902, and hired out on the Denver & Rio Grande Western. Cut off that road in 1907, due to the reduction in forces, he came to the old Los Angeles and Salt Lake road, now the Union Pacific, where he had remained in continuous service.' ser-vice.' August 20, 1930, he married Mrs. Sadie Jones and they had made Milford their home. Frank never worked for any other employer but a railroad and was known as one of the best en gineers working out of Milford, where he had held a passenger run for the past several years. He was of a retiring disposition, preferring prefer-ring to spend his time with his family, who knew him as a kind and loving husband, generous to a fault. Frank, or "Kuch," as he was known to his friends, who included in-cluded all who knew him, was a staunch and loyal member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers En-gineers during all his years of service as an engineers. Always j he stood ready to aid anyone in distress. j Besides his widow he is survived , by his two children, Frank and I Mrs. Katherine Roberts, both of Caliente; a step-daughter, Shirley Jones of Milford, and two stepsons, step-sons, Mark and J. H. Jones of Washington, D. C; two sisters, Mrs. Walter Hogle of Everett, Washington, and Mrs. Alvin Stafford Staf-ford of Great Falls, Montana; and three brothers, Louis and Paul of Great Falls and Leo of Everett, Washington. |