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Sinclair, Franklin Asa (1879-1952)
Mennonite WeeklyReview obituary: 1952 Aug 28 p. 9
Birth date: 1879 Jun 4
text of obituary:
FRANKLIN A. SINCLAIR
Franklin Asa Sinclair was born at Corning, Kansas on June 4, 1879, and passed away at Exeland, Wisconsin July 23, 1952, aged 73 years, one month and 19 days.
On June 14, 1908, he was married to Mary Bender at La Junta, Colo., and they shared joys and sorrows for over 44 years.
He leaves to mourn his departure his sorrowing companion, one daughter Ethel Zimmerly of Sarasota, Fla., one foster daughter, Betty McFarland of Exeland, Wis., two aged brothers and two sisters. One daughter Ruth died in infancy.
His home was always open to needy children and also to needy older people. He was a member of the Exeland Mennonite church, and had a great concern for the unsaved of the community.
Funeral services were conducted from the Exeland Mennonite church by D. L. Martin and Wallace Kauffman. Text, Revelation 22: 14. The body was laid to rest in the Exeland cemetery awaiting the resurrection.
