Former resident of Manti, Conrad Frischknecht, dies at age 103. Born October 21, 1889, in Manti, to Conrad and Anna Elizabeth Ruesch Frischknecht, died January 15, 1993.
He attended primary and secondary schools in Manti and was graduated from the University of Utah in 1915. He was principal and taught in Bicknell and Salina high schools and was one of the first principals of Gunnison Valley High School.He married Bess L. Montgomery, September 17, 1918. She died in 1967.
He is survived by daughters, Lucile Bilello and Maude Conrad; daughter-in-law, Jacqueline Frischknecht; four granddaughters and a grandson; two great-granddaughters and four great-grandsons. Daughters, Margaret and Edna and son, Frank preceded him in death.
He was a member of the LDS Church.
While teaching, he also began farming west of Gunnison, Utah and eventually became a full time farmer and livestock producer.
He served in the Utah Legislature as representative from Sanpete County in the 1933 session, and as a senator for a four year term beginning in 1935.
He served as president of the Sanpete-Sevier Beet Growers Assn. and was on the board of the Utah Beet Growers Assn. He was for many years associated with the Piute Reservoir and Irrigation Co. and was active in Sanpete-Sevier water matters.
Following his retirement, he lived in Salt Lake City, where he actively studied investing and participated in senior citizen programs. In 1977 he moved to Tacoma, Washington and lived there with his daughter, Lucile, until his death. During this period he remained an active investor; corresponded with family and friends and also with public figures about controversies of the day; and wrote his life story, with an emphasis on the economics of earning a living.
Funeral services will be held January 25, in the Manti LDS Stake Center. Friends and family may call at the stake center from 11 a.m. until 12 noon. Services will be at 12 noon. Burial will be in the Manti City Cemetery.
The family requests no flowers.
Funeral Directors: Buchanan Mortuary.
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