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South Bend Area Genealogical Society
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"Serving South Bend, Mishawaka and Surrounding Areas"
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P.O. Box 11
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Notre Dame, IN 46556
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Frank Leo CAFFERY
[N33618]
2 OCT 1919 - 7 SEP 1961
- BIRTH: 2 OCT 1919, Detroit, Wayne, MI
- DEATH: 7 SEP 1961, Fort Stewart, Liberty County, Georgia
Family 1
: Olga Luise Rink FRICK
- Janete V. CAFFERY
INDEX
[N33618]
Frank Leo Caffery
BIRTH 2 Oct 1919
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
DEATH
7 Sep 1961 (aged 41)
Fort Stewart, Liberty County, Georgia
BURIAL
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia
PLOT Section 12, Grave 3330
MEMORIAL ID 121587638
Frank Leo Caffery was the son of Michael Joseph Caffery and Violet May Daniel. He is with his parents in the US census records for 1920-1930. His father died in FL in 1932. No burial record has been found for his father. He married Olga Luise Rink in Germany, where he was serving with the US Army. They had five children: Yvonne L. Caffery, Roberta C. "Betsy" (Caffery) Ritsema, Janete V. (Caffery) Schoenfeld, Gerold "Gary" Caffery, and Michael J. Caffery. Note: According to the US National Cemetery Interment Control Form for his interment, his wife, Olga, was authorized to be interred in the same grave. However, this did not happen. She remarried Lawrence Herman Frick after Frank's death, and she is buried near her second husband.
Inscription
Michigan
Sergeant 1st Class Co B 69th Signal Battalion
World War II
Family Members
Parents
Violet Heath
1893-1980
Spouse
Olga Luise Rink Frick
1924-1996
Children
Janete Violet Caffery Schoenfeld Bice
1959-2022
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