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About MJ Frankel
Born May 23, 1901 in Peoria, Illinois. Son of Julius Frankel and Elizabeth (Lizzie) Hirschhorn. Died June 29, 1980 at Gaylord, Michigan. As an adult, he lived with his wife in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Married Dorrie Schwartz on May 20, 1927 in Tel Aviv, Palestine. Dorrie died on March 27, 1961 in Cedar Rapids Iowa.
Two children:
- Isabel, 1929, married Arthur Meth
- Lee Benjamin, 1935, married Claude ?
Photograph of MJ Frankel in 1927 in Palestine, the year he met his wife, Dorrie Schwartz, in Tel Aviv through Dora Bloch (who later died in Entebbe).
MJ Frankel was undoubtedly named for his mother's father, Joseph Hershon, of Bialystok. His paternal grandfather, Yosel Frankel died a few years after MJ was born.
From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Cedar Rapids, Iowa May 19, 1935
All officers of the Temple Judah Congregation here were reelected at the annual meeting. M. J. Frankel is president, Max Albert, vice-president, Zig Salit, secretary and Mrs. John F. Miller, treasurer. Mrs. Charles Greenberg was elected president of the Temple’s Sisterhood.
How MJ and Dorrie Met in Palestine
Isabel Frankel Meth says this is how Mendel and Dorrie Schwartz met. Mendel taped this story for his children and grandchildren.
Fall of 1926
Dad said he finally found a deli in Palestine to have a corned beef sandwich and was so pleased. A lady named Dora Block came into the deli and wanted to use the phone. Whilst there she told the proprietor that it was her 3rd anniversary that evening and she had lots of English speaking girls coming, but did he know any English speaking men. He pointed to Dad eating his sandwich and that is how they met. Dad went home that evening and told his Mother he had met the girl he was going to marry. Dora Block was the one person killed in Entebbe many years later.
Dorrie was the youngest of all her siblings and the only one at home when her parents decided to move to Palestine, Her Father's asthma was so bad in England and he was very religious and anxious to live there so they moved. He was a very dear and close friend of Reb Cook who was famous in the 20's and is buried next to him.
The Gondoliers was an amateur group and just something she did for fun for a couple of weeks during their courtship time. They met in October or November and married in May. Left for the States very soon after that.
Marriage Record (attached, Sources Tab)
- Name: Mendel J Frankel
- Age: 25
- Birth Year: abt 1902
- Birth Place: Peoria, Illinois
- Spouse's Name: Dorrie Schwartz
- Spouse's Age: 23
- Spouse's Birth Year: abt 1904
- Spouse's Birth Place: Lubonel, Russia [Comment: Lyuboml, Ukraine, Libivne in Yiddish]
- Region: Volhynia* Marriage Date: 20 May 1927
- Marriage Place: Pension Hos, 30 Rotschild Boulevard, Tel-Aviv, Palestine
- Consular Location: Jerusalem, Palestine
- File Number: 133
- Certificate in File: Yes
Michigan Death Index
- Name: Mendel J Frankel
- Birth Date: 23 May 1901
- Death Date: 29 Jun 1980
- Gender: Male
- Residence: Iowa
- Place of Death: Bagley, Otsego, Michigan
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MJ Frankel's Timeline
| 1901 |
May 23, 1901
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Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, United States
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| 1980 |
June 29, 1980
Age 79
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Gaylord, Otsego County, Michigan, United States
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