Frank Klaisner
1907-1955
Frank Klaisner was Lowell and Laurel’s uncle, the youngest son of grandparents Vaclav and Julia (Hoffman) Klaisner. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 25 Aug 1907. He married Mary Lucille Crenshaw in Oregon on 20 Oct 1927. They had one son Raymond Eugene Klaisner (1929-2003) who had Klaisner children and grandchildren. Frank died 4 Oct 1955 in Mendocino, California.
Frank Klaisner in the News: 1926
This wonderful newspaper clipping features high school hoop stars Lucille Crenshaw and Frank Klaisner, who would marry a year and a half later!
Newspapers.com, Albany Democrat-Herald, 4 Feb 1926, p. 3 : accessed 24 Apr 2016).
Frank Klaisner and Lucille Crenshaw marriage: 1927
Ancestry.com, Oregon, U.S., State Marriages, 1906-1971 > 1927 > Da-Sm, image 4250 of 9554, accessed 30 Jun 2025.
Photograph Gallery
Frank with his son Ray and wife Lucille, circa 1950
Frank (right, lying down), with his Klaisner siblings (left to right) Glenn, Jim, Ed, Bill and Molly, late 1940s
Death in 2000
Frank Klaisner passed away on 4 Oct 1955 in Mendocino, California at the age of 43. He is buried in Ukiah Cemetery in Ukiah. His wife Lucille lived another 46 years, passing away on 1 May 2001 in Ukiah.
