Frederick Eberlein, 71, of 1157 E. Green Bay Street Shawano, died Saturday May 12 at his home. He had been ill for about a year.

MR. EBERLEIN was born August 5, 1901 in Shawano, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick A. Eberlein. He spent his early years in Florida and was graduated from the University of Florida at Gainesville with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture May 31, 1927. While at Florida he was with the ROTC and was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity. He returned to Shawano in 1930 and became associated with his father in the Shawano Silver Black Fox Company. Later this became the Eberlein Fur Farms Inc., which he operated until retirement in 1964. He was a member of Zion Lutheran Church, Shawano; Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity; Masonic Lodge of Shawano; Fur Breeders Association; and a past member of the Shawano Chamber of Commerce. His hobbies were reading, gardening, and especially working with fruit trees.

SURVIVORS are his wife, Frances; a daughter, Jane, Shawano and a son Dale, Miami, Florida. He was preceded in death by his father; his mother, the former Kitty King and his step-mother, the former Alwina Duecker.

FUNERAL services will be conducted on Wednesday at 1:30 at Zion Lutheran Church. The Rev. Roger Skatrud will officiate and internment will be in Woodlaw Cemetery. Friends may call at the Karth-Kopitzke Funeral Home, Shawano, aft er 3 p.m. on Tuesday and from 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church until the time of the service. Masonic services will be held at 8 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home.

Source: Shawano Leader,  Monday, 14 May 1973