Minnie C. (Lund) Franz

Minnie Christine (Lund) Franz, schoolteacher, homemaker and 72-year resident of Eastern Washington, died in Spokane on Sept. 12, two months short of her 100th birthday.

Minnie was born Nov. 12 1915, near Bonetraill, North Dakota, the third of six children of Jens and Bena Lund.

In 1943, Minnie moved to Lind, where she taught sixth grade for one year and met Robert Franz, whom she married on May 28, 1944.

They raised four children and operated the family farm west of Lind, near Schrag, where they grew mostly wheat. In 2000, the couple moved to Spokane.

Surviving are two sons, Jay Franz of Spoka...