Edward Elmer Frankenberg was born on March 12, 1923 to Edward and Alvina (Bayer) Frankenberg at Cameron, WI.

He was married in May, 1945 in Cameron, to Margaret Skrupky of Cameron.

To this union, two children were born, Luanne and John. Eddie began his working career at the Ebner Box Factory in Cameron, road construction building the Alaska Highway, building boat houses on Prairie Lake, working on a railroad maintenance crew, heavy equipment operation for Art Wiesner, local carpentry for Evan Mougue and then spent over 20 years as a Foreman for Lunda Bridge Construction, working first on a bridge on Hwy 53 north of Bloomer. During his time at Lunda, he also built and operated the E&M Sport Shop in Cameron with wife Margaret for several years.  He was also involved in several local building projects in Cameron including the St. John’s Lutheran Church parish hall. He also worked part-time police patrol for the Village of Cameron. During his years, the couple traveled to over 40 states, Canada and Mexico, including 3 over-the-road trips to Alaska to re-visit the history of the Alaska Highway. Several hunting trips were enjoyed to Wyoming, Montana, South and North Dakota, Texas; and annual fishing trips to the Wisconsin Camp at Bell Lake in Canada. They also wintered for 30 years at the Adobe Wells, in McAllen, Texas. Ed bought and built the existing hunting shack and acreage in the Blue Hills, Canton. They hunted several years there with family, and at a hunting camp near Minong. Ed was also an avid trapper and fisherman. He also operated an airplane but it became too costly to keep up the certification. Hobbies included snow-ski jumping in his early years, snowmobiling, ice fishing, motorcycling, selling Christmas trees at their lot in Chetek, trapping minnows, gardening, raspberries, making fishing jigs, gun collecting, ammo reloading, collecting arrowheads and agates, camping, was a lover of auctions and garage sales, grafting fruit tree species, taxidermy, HAM radio operation with brother Ray, maple syrup processing on the Blue Hills property and was still emailing daily with several friends on-line until he left for the nursing home in September, 2022, where he passed away on February 11th, 2023, just one month short of his 100th birthday. Ed was seldom seen without his cowboy hat, and was usually behind the wheel of one of his Cadillacs since 1955. He compiled his auto-biography in 2021, capturing details of his life’s’ journey of 99 years. He was especially fond of happy hour with Margaret each afternoon, Windsor was his favorite. Ed was a life-long member of the St. John’s Lutheran Church congregation in Cameron.

Eddie was preceded in death by his spouse: Margaret Frankenberg in 2013, parents: Edward and Alvina Frankenberg, brother: Raymond Frankenberg and sister-in-law: Norma Frankenberg of Rhinelander, and great-grandson: Alex Lehman.

He is survived by his daughter:  Luanne (Michael) Jenkinson of Cameron, son: Edward “John” (Kim “Cookie”) Frankenberg of Cameron, grandchildren: Michael and Mark Jenkinson, Michelle Lendobeja, Shondel Frankenberg and Adele Richie, and Brock and Cody Molls, several great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren, as well as many other relatives & friends.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, February 18, at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Cameron with Rev. Tylan Dalrymple officiating and interment following at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Cameron. Serving as pallbearers are: Michael Jenkinson, Mark Jenkinson, Brock Molls, Cody Molls, Paul Lendobeja and Jim Folstad. Visitation will be held for the hour prior to services at the church on Saturday. Arrangements are with Rausch-Lundeen Funeral Homes, Cameron & Dallas.

Last Update: Feb 14, 2023 4:41 pm CST