Frank G. DEFEA ^367,368

  General Notes:

Obituary available via email request.
At the time of his death, Frank had eight grandchildren, twelve great-grandchildren, and and ten great-great-grandchildren. One grandson pre-deceased him. ²¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• Residence, 1920, Brightwood Township; Hankinson, Richland County, North Dakota, USA. ³⁷⁰ on Third Street, living with his parents.

• Residence, 1921, Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. ²¹ after moving from Hankinson to attend Dickinson State Teacher's College.

• Occupation, 1922, Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. ²¹ as a teacher in a rural elementary school for 5 years.

• Residence, 1930, Gaylord, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. ³⁷¹

• Occupation, 1930, Gaylord, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. ³⁷¹ where he was a farmer.

• Occupation. ²¹ Frank and his first wife, Lena, farmed for several years south of Belfield. After selling the farm, they worked several jobs including owning and operating the Painted Canyon Resort, until it burned in 1947. Frank and Lena also operated the restaurant in the Western Livestock Company of Dickinson for 25 years until their retirement

• Cemetery, 31 Jan 2004, Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA. ²¹ in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Frank married Lena MILLER 22 Oct 1928.³⁶⁶ (Lena MILLER was born 27 Nov 1904 in North Dakota ³⁷² and died 29 Aug 1981 ³⁶⁶.)

Frank next married Mary SEVELA, daughter of Frank SEVELA and Mary KUBISCHTA, 18 Jul 1984 ³¹⁹.^,366 The marriage ended in divorce in 1994. (Mary SEVELA was born 24 Oct 1913 in North Dakota,^373,374 died 3 Jan 1998 in Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA ^21,375 and was buried 6 Jan 1998 in St. Patrick's Cemetery; Dickinson, Stark County, North Dakota, USA ²¹.)