Individual Details
Rose Melva LONDRE
(12 Jun 1909 - 21 Apr 1990)
Rose was the daughter of Hubert and Hosanna Rose (Venne) Londre. Her birth certificate at first listed the date of birth as June 27, 1909 and her name as Melva Landrie. It was later corrected with Landrie crossed out and the name typed in as Rose Londre. The date of the 27th of June was also crossed out and the date of the 12th was typed above. For some reason her death certificate Gives her name as Rose with the incorrect birthdate. Her actual birth was in fact June 12, 1909.
Rose's 1st husband was Richard Blahnik and second was Frank Frye. She was an excellent seamstress and made clothing during the depression. She was from French Canadian descent and grew up living in logging camps where her father would work. She was the oldest of 9 children. In grade school they moved down from upper Wisconsin to the Fox Valley where Rose first learned to speak English. The family had stayed among the French speaking families prior to this time. She was a crack shot with the gun and could beat her brothers in target practice. Her father then took jobs as a carpenter and she would have to translate words on blueprints since he could not read English. She learned about building houses and made blue prints that helped her 1st husband, Richard, build a couple of houses. She met Dick Blahnik in Neenah and married on July 08, 1924. They had only two children that lived to adulthood, Bette Jane (Nickasch) and Joyce (LaCount). They lost three children and had a difficult time during the depression which lead to a divorce. She married her second husband, Frank Frye on November 17, 1938 in Green Bay, WI Frank, became a police officer. Shortly after he retired he was murdered. This murder was never solved. She was so heart-broken by his loss that shortly afterwards she suffered a stroke and her health declined. She did survive but had long term health issues from the stroke. She was fairly short and had auburn color hair with hazel eyes.
Events
| Birth | 12 Jun 1909 | Dunbar, Marinette, Wisconsin, United States |  |  | |
| Marriage | 8 Jul 1924 | Saint Mary's Church, Neenah, Winnebago, Wisconsin, United States - Richard Joseph "Dick" BLAHNIK | | ||
| Divorce | 5 Nov 1937 | Richard Joseph "Dick" BLAHNIK | | ||
| Marriage | 17 Nov 1938 | Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States - Frank Jerald FRYE | | ||
| Death | 21 Apr 1990 | Little Chute, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States | | ||
| Burial | Appleton Highland Memorial Park, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, United States | | |
Families
| Spouse | Richard Joseph "Dick" BLAHNIK (1904 - 1981) |
| Spouse | Frank Jerald FRYE (1906 - 1969) |
| Father | Hubert J LONDRE (1890 - 1967) |
| Mother | Hosanna "Rose" VENNE (1891 - 1986) |
| Sibling | Pearl LONDRE (1911 - 1995) |
| Sibling | Lloyd Alexander LONDRE (1912 - 1989) |
| Sibling | Wells Hubert LONDRE (1914 - 1996) |
| Sibling | Harvey R. LONDRE (1917 - ) |
| Sibling | Lester Joseph LONDRE (1919 - 1991) |
| Sibling | Blossom Mae LONDRE (1921 - 1990) |
| Sibling | Clayton E. LONDRE (1924 - ) |
| Sibling | Ronald Arthur LONDRE (1925 - 1992) |
Webtags
Notes
Birth
Age 10 months on 15 April 1910. Age 10 on 1 January 1920.Burial
Plot: Sec c, Lot 131, Gr 2Find-a-Grave memorial: Rose Melva Londre Frye
includes biography and photoEndnotes
1. 1920 U.S. Federal Census, , population, Michigan, Iron, Iron River, enumeration district (ED) 181, sheet 9A, image 16, dwelling 1, family 1, lines 1-8, Hubert Londre and family; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 November 2015); National Archives and Records Administration.
2. "U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," database online, Ancestry.com ( : accessed 7 November 2015), Rose Londremelva Blahnik; Original SSN.
3. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 November 2015), Rose Melva Londre Frye; memorial #29585879 -- research of Lori Dollevoet.
4. Social Security Death Index, Rose M. Frye.
5. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 November 2015), Rose Melva Londre Frye; memorial #29585879 -- research of Lori Dollevoet.
6. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 November 2015), Rose Melva Londre Frye; memorial #29585879 -- research of Lori Dollevoet.
7. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 November 2015), Rose Melva Londre Frye; memorial #29585879 -- research of Lori Dollevoet.
8. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 November 2015), Frank Jerald Frye; memorial #29587046 -- research by Lori Dollevoet.
9. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 November 2015), Rose Melva Londre Frye; memorial #29585879 -- research of Lori Dollevoet.
10. Social Security Death Index, Rose M. Frye.
11. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2007, "Wisconsin Death Index, 1959-1997," database online, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8790 : accessed 7 November 2015), Rose M. Frye; Wisconsin Vital Records Office; cert. 011964.
12. , Find A Grave, photographs and extracted information (findagrave.com : accessed 7 November 2015), Rose Melva Londre Frye; memorial #29585879 -- research of Lori Dollevoet.