Frank Fishburn


     The Fishburns, Glenn and Hazel, along with their two children, Marguerite
  and Frank, ages 7 and 5 respectively, came to Medicine Lodge in the spring
  of 1927. They moved here from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. They had
  traded for a farm 2 miles south of town and 2 days later a cyclone destroyed
  it completely. They will never forget the scene of destruction when they
  drove down the lane. It was quite disheartening.
     They all helped on the farm, ran a dairy and delivered milk, ran a small
  truck hauling business and thyen bought the Medicine Lodge Sales Company
  in 1945. They operated this until Glenn was killed in a car-train accident
  in 1954.
     Marguerite graduated from Nurse's Training in 1940, married Bob Barncord
  of Emporia, and they are living in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They have 2
  children: Gary, age 37, and Linda, age 24.
     Frank married Fern Renberger of La Crosse, Kansas, in 1942. He worked in
  Wichita and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, but returned to college in 1945 and
  graduated from KSU Veterinary College in 1949. He conducted a Veterinary
  Practive on South Spring St. until 1966 when they moved to Manhattan.
     Frank and Fern have 3 children: Arline, age 34, graduated from KSU,
  married Allas Goble of Lake City and has a son, Lance, age 10. Dallas 
  graduated from School of Veterinary Medicine at KSU and is now an Equine
  specialist on the staff of the Veterinary School, Knoxville, Tenn.
     Anita, age 30, completed her high school in Manhattan and attended 3
  years at KSU. She married Tom Klag of Milwaukee, Wisc. They have 2 children:
  Chris, age 3 1/2 and Allison, age 1.  Tom graduated from Marquette Dental
  School. They spent 3 years in Germany with the Army but are now living in
  Wichita. Tom recently completed advanced work in Peridontistry and has just
  opened his office in Wichita.
     Casey, age 23, received most of his schooling in Manhattan, graduated 
  from KSU in 1978 in Pre-Dentistry, and is now attending Washington University
  School of Dentistry in St. Louis, Mo. He married Jan Nedived of Manhattan
  in 1978. She has her degree in Interior Design and works in a St. Louis
  furniture store.
     Frank was on the staff at KSU Veterinary School (Equine Dept) for almost
  2 years but resigned in order to open a Small Animal Clinic in Manhattan. 
  They have a prosperous business and are quite happy there, but will always
  miss their many friends in Barber County.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 175 
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