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In the passing of Frank Charles Bunde, Milwaukee lost one of her well known ana representative business men. He was the vice president of the Bunde & Upmeyer Company, extensive manufacturing Jewelers, who also conducted a large retail Jewelry establishment in the city. Mr. Bunde spent his entire life in Milwaukee, his birth having here occurred on the 22nd of July, 1865. His parents were Charles and Henrietta (Bolt) Bunde, both of whom were natives of Pomerania, Germany. Determining to make their home in the new world, they crossed the Atlantic about 1858 and became residents of this city. Here their son, Frank C, was born and reared, his education being acquired in the public schools and in the German-English Academy.

Mr. Bunde turned his attention to the Jewelry business, learning the trade, and, finding it a congenial occupation in which he believed he might win success, he afterward became one of the organizers of the Bunde & Upmeyer Company, which developed a business of large and gratifying proportions. As the years passed their patronage steadily increased until they ranked with the leading Jewelry manufacturers and retail Jewelers of the city. Frank C. Bunde held the office of vice president, with Louis Bunde as president and William Upmeyer as secretary and treasurer. They worked in the utmost harmony in the conduct and development of the business and the labors of the one ably supplemented and rounded out the efforts of the other, so that splendid results were achieved.

On the 17th of October, 1889, Mr. Bunde was united in marriage to Miss Alma Dieterich, a daughter of Herman and Alma (Viegend) Dieterich, both of whom were natives of Germany. Coming to the United States, they settled in Omaha, where Mr. Dieterich passed way. The mother afterward came to Milwaukee and died when seventy-nine years of age.

The death of Mr. Bunde occurred February 1, 1921, and was the occasion of deep and widespread regret. He had always given his political allegiance to the republican party and was a stalwart advocate of its principles. Fraternally he was a thirty-second degree Mason, loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft, and for twenty-five years he was a well-known and popular member of the Calumet Club. His social qualities endeared him to his friends, while his business ability gained him high rank in commercial circles. Those who knew him socially valued his friendship and in his home he ever displayed his best qualities.