Wentink, Frank C.

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• Biography: 1911; History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0756

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Biography:
FRANK C. WENTINK, who for the past several years has been engaged in the retail meat business at No. 790 Lawe street, Appleton, as a member of the firm of Wentink-Steidl Company, is a son of Theodore and Margaret (Wirtz) Wentink, and was born in Appleton, May 1, 1888. Gerhardt Wentink, the paternal grandfather of Frank C., came to Port Washington, Ozaukee county, Wisconsin, in 1844, was a mason by trade, and had a family of seven sons and seven daughters. He was a native of Holland. Mr. Wentink's maternal grandfather, Frank Wirtz, was a native of Luxemburg, and was also a mason by trade, helping to build the first building in Appleton, whence he came in August, 1848. His daughter, Mary, was the first girl born in the city, and he had five other daughters and five sons. To Theodore and Margaret (Wirtz) Wentink there were born three children: May, who married George C. Steidl, Mr. Wentink's business partner; Herman L., who died at the age of six years; and Frank C. Frank C. Wentink received his education in the parochial schools of this city and Lawrence School of Commerce, and he learned the meat business in the market of his father, which the latter opened about 1881. At the time of his retirement from business activities, May 1, 1909, the firm of Wentink- Steidl Company was organized, and this association has continued to the present time. The two-story, frame building in which the business is located, at the corner of Lawe and Pacific streets, was erected by the elder Wentink, April 1, 1895. A general line of meats is carried, two delivery wagons are operated, and the phrase "Quality Meats," has become intimately associated with the name of this concern. The Wentink family is identified with St. Joseph's Catholic Church, and Frank C. Wentink is well known in Catholic fraternal circles, he being president of the St. Aloysius Young Men's Society, and a prominent member of the Knights of Columbus. In political matters he is a Democrat, and he is now a member of the Democratic State Committee

Frank married Wenzel, Julia Abt 1915. Julia (daughter of Wenzel, William and Schulz, Sophia) was born 28 Jan 1892, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA; died 3 Mar 1995, Bensenville, Dupage, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet]