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Funeral services for Frank Gilmore, 93, long-time Cooper area farmer, will be 2:00pm Thursday at Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home in Jefferson. Interment will be at Franklin Twp. Cemetery, Cooper, IA. Friends may call at Slininger-Rossow Funeral Home in Jefferson between 9:00am – 9:00pm Wednesday. (There is no special family visitation)
Frank Marion Gilmore was born on a farm south of Jamaica, Iowa on September 29, 1910. He was the son of Ottie Ira Gilmore and Fannie E. Lamp Gilmore. Frank lived in this area and attended country school until 1920 when he moved to Cooper, Iowa. He graduated from Franklin Township School in 1928, and helped his father farm for the next several years. On October 24, 1935, Frank was married to Marjorie Jackson. The couple lived in Cooper for 4 ½ months, then lived the next 8 years at a farm home 1 mile west and ¼ mile north of Cooper. In 1943 Frank and Marjorie bought the farm ½ mile west of Cooper, where they lived and farmed. They had a Brown Swiss dairy herd for 29 years. Frank retired from dairy farming in 1964, and retired from crop farming in 1972. Frank served on the local school boards for 24 years: 13 years at Cooper, and 11 years at Jefferson Community Schools. He was a member of the Iowa Brown Swiss Cattle Association and served as secretary for 3 years. He enjoyed fishing, camping, and traveling. He took three trips to South Africa, Alaska and Hawaii. He also traveled to Nova Scotia, England, and Europe. He traveled to both coasts of the United States, visiting every state except South Carolina. He wintered in Texas from 1972 – 1998. Frank was a long time member of the Cooper United Methodist Church. He died August 1, 2004 at the Panora Nursing and Rehab Center. He was 93 years of age. Preceding him in death were his parents and a baby daughter, Mary Louise Gilmore. Survivors include his wife, Marjorie Gilmore of Panora; 3 daughters: Judy Johnson and her husband John, and Janet Adamson and her husband Jim, all of Panora; and Martha Klinzman-Brooks and her husband Peter Brooks of Johannesburg, South Africa; a sister, Lucille Norgren and her husband Hugo of Rippey; 3 grandchildren: Chris Klinzman, Bonnie Talik, and Jim Johnson; 1 great-grandson, Kyler Talik, other relatives and friends. |
