contributor: Richard LaBrosse

 
1955 

Oconto - Frank J. Bardon, 63, Oakland, California, former Oconto resident, died Saturday in the Veterans Hospital at Oakland after a six month illness. Mr. Bardon, who was born Aug. 20, 1892, in Oconto, attended Oconto schools and then started in vaudeville in Milwaukee in 1913 where he became famous for a whistling act. In 1939 he became an employee of the Oakland Post Office where he worked until his retirement due to illness. Mr. Bardon was a member of the Holy Name Society, American Legion of Oconto, and was a Veteran of WW1 serving in the entertainment field.

Survivors include one brother, Howard, Duluth, Minn.; two sisters , Mrs. Mae Quin, Tacoma, Wash.; and Mrs. Tom McGovern, Oconto.

Friends may call at MacQueen – Sheffeild Funeral Home, Oconto, where the rosary will be recited at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral services will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph's Church, Oconto, with the Rev. Robert Kline officiating. Burial will be in the Catholic cemetery with military rites at the graveside.