FRANK L. KOHRS

FRANK L. KOHRS

1876-1956

Born: 24 February 1876, Davenport, Iowa - Died: 11 March 1956, Davenport, Iowa

FRANK L. KOHRS was employed by his father, as were his other brothers, and in 1898 he became Secretary-treasurer of Kohrs Packing Company. He and Hilda lived in the "compound" at 1337 West Second for a few years and then moved to Clay Street, near brother John and his family. On November 18, 1922, tragedy struck-- Hilda was accidentally overcome by gas, while sprinkling clothes. In tossing the clothes a gas jet was opened, and she was found dead a few hours later. Hilda was thirty-seven years old at the time of her death. Frank and Hilda had adopted two children, Frank and Frances. After Hilda's death, her sister Mrs. Chatfield, came to live with the family and cared for the two children. Frank loved to fish and hunt. He owned a summer home on the Mississippi, near brother Henry, and later owned a lodge in Wisconsin. He also loved antiques and filled his lodge with them. Frank Kohrs was living at his Mercer Wisconsin address when he died at the age of eighty on March 11, 1956. 1

Frank Kohrs, 80 President of the Kohrs Cold Storage Co. Davenport, and member of the Davenport Scott County Family died at the home of his son Frank Kohrs Jr. in Fort Lauderdale, Florida following an eight-month illness. Mr. Kohrs attended Davenport Schools and Kemper Military Academy. He entered the packing business with his father and his brothers in1896. He was one of the founders of the Kohrs Cold Storage Co. He was a former Director of the Davenport Chamber of Commerce. The family home is at 1024 Marquette Street, Davenport. The family requested that memorials be in the form of contributions to Friendly House. 2


References

1. The ancestors and descendants of the Bettendorf-Kohrs and related families : a memorial to William Edwin Bettendorf, 1902-1979 by Darlene Ward Paxton; L T Sloane. Decorah, Iowa : Anundsen Pub. Co., 1984.

2. Davenport Morning Democrat, Tuesday March 13, 1956 (Obituaries).