Other Events and Attributes:

• Nickname: Fritz
• Occupation: Sold Tombstones

Notes:

Fritz and Katherine Bantrup lived at 109 Walnut St in Boonville. Fritz was a dreyman, which meant he operated a trucking and hauling business in Boonville, Missouri. He had his loading dock and office in downtown Boonville and then he would go to the Katy Train Depot and the Missouri Pacific Railroad to get the goods he was to transport. After he quit that business, he owned a service station. He was a bakery accountant. He sold tombstones for the last 23 years of his life with Heynen Mounument Company. He went to school through eight grade. He was a member fo the United Church of Chrsit where he was a member of the choir for more that 30 eyars. He was a member of the IOOF Lodge No. 64, past president of the Boonville Rod and Gun club, a member of the Boonville Chamber of Commerce, a member of the City Council for 10 years, a member of of the Knights of Pythias of Boonville and a member of the Boonville Industrial Group. James said that his father's compaign slogan for City Council was "I was never late to a council meeting." He died of heart disease and is buried at Pisgah Cemetery.

Boonville Daily News
May 22, 1973
Former Councilman, Civic leader Fritz Bantrup dies

Fritz J. Bantrup, a former city councilman and active civic leader, died this morning in Cooper County Hospital after a brief illness. He was 72. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the B. W. Thacher Funeral Home.
The Rev. Mel Lichte and the Rev. Kenneth Carpenter will officiate.
Friends may call from Thursday morning until time of service at the funeral home. The family request memorials to the heart Fund.
Fritz John Bantrup was born in California, Mo. May 20, 1900, the son of Chris and Lena Bantrup. He married Katherine Carpenter Nov. 18, 1923 in Boonville.
Besides his wife, he leaves three sons" James Bantrup fo Manteca, Calif., Fred Bantrup of Dixon, Ill., and Roger Bantrup of Boonville. He also leaves eight grandchildren, two great grandchildren, a brother and three sisters: Walter Bantrup of Boonville, Laura Stegner of Boonville, Frieda Brandshaw of New Franklin and Alma Hansen of Silber Springs, Md.

Frederick married Carpenter, Katherine on 18 Nov 1923 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA. Katherine (daughter of Carpenter, James Franklin and Hayes, Gertrude) was born on 5 Mar 1900 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 16 Oct 1990 in Ashland, Boone, Missouri, USA; was buried after 16 Oct 1990 in Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Pisgah, Cooper, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Bantrup, James R was born in 1925 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died in DECEASED.
2. Bantrup, Roger August William was born on 19 Jul 1929 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; died on 13 May 1990 in Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA; was buried after 13 May 1990 in Calvary Cemetery, Sedalia, Pettis, Missouri, USA.
3. Bantrup, Fred was born in UNKNOWN.

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LZC5-C47
• Occupation: Bantrup Transfer Company
• Residence: 1880, Walker, Moniteau, Missouri, USA; Census
• Residence: 1900, Walker, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1910, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1920, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1930, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1935, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1940, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA

Notes:

When his father died in 1918, Christopher was give $1,500. He and Lenda lived in Boonville as early as 1900 when Fritz was born and probably earlier than that. Christopher operated a freight hauling service in Boonville. With Christopher there is some question as to how old he really was. His tombstone as he was born in 1871 but the census data points at 1880. Then James Bantrup remembered that his grandmother was 10 to 15 years older than Christopher.

Christopher married Hessel, Lena A. Lena (daughter of Hessel, August Wilhelm and Boehine, Sophia Anne) was born on 30 Mar 1868 in Leipzig, Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany; died on 14 Feb 1963 in Rest Haven Nursing Home, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried on 16 Feb 1963 in California Evangelical Church Cemetery, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• FSID: LZC5-ZM9
• Occupation: Housewife
• Residence: 1900, Walker Township, Moniteau, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1920, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1930, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1935, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1940, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA

Notes:

She came to the United States in teh 1850s from Germany.

August married Boehine, Sophia Anne in UNKNOWN. Sophia (daughter of Bolhine, John) was born on 21 Sep 1845 in Germany; died on 5 Mar 1917 in Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA; was buried on 7 Mar 1917 in California Evangelical Church Cemetery, California, Moniteau, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife