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- http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/LI/LI.Notable.Requests.html
FROEHLICH , Francis Bernard When Francis Bernard Froehlich was graduated from the Fordham University Law School in 1943, he was an honor student. That distinction he has carried into his career as lawyer and as a citizen and Catholic layman. For he is prominent not only at the bar, but as a leader of the Minneola Republican Club and the Citizens party of Minneola and an officer of the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Froehlich was born in Floral Park on September 23, 1916. He is a member of a family that has lived in Nassau County for more than a century. His grandfather built the first stores on the Jericho Turnpike in Floral Park. His father, John Frank Froehlich, was a farmer and resident of Floral Park. His mother was Theresia (Rose) Froehlich. Francis B. Froehlich was graduated from the Chaminade High School, Minneola, in 1936. He received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from Fordham University in 1940 and in January, 1943, that of Bachelor of Laws from the Fordham Law School. In October, 1942, Mr. Froehlich passed the New York State bar examinations and in June, 1943, was admitted to practice. He had in the meantime become a law clerk in the firm of Glass and Lynch, New York. In April, 1943, the firm had promoted him to managing attorney. Later he associated himself with Elvin N. Edwards and on January 1, 1946, when James J. McDonough, for many years a special agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, joined them, the new firm of Edwards, Froehlich and McDonough was formed. It has its offices at 1501 Franklin Avenue, Minneola. The firm is local counsel for Roosevelt Field. Mr. Elvin N. Edwards, prominent lawyer and former district attorney of Nassau County who was the senior member of the firm of Edwards. Froehlich and McDonough, died in July, 1946. Mr. Froehlich and Mr. McDonough carry on under the firm name. Mr. Froehlich is attorney for the Carle Place Water District, secretary of the Minneola Republican Club and vice president of the Citizens party of Minneola. He is deputy grand knight of the Corpus Christi Council of the Knights of Columbus, member of the board of directors of the Kiwanis Club of Minneola and member of the board of directors of Nassau County Cancer Committee and counsel to same. He is a communicant of the Corpus Christi Roman Catholic Church of Minneola. Mr. Froehlich and Carol Hoar, daughter of George Timothy Hoar and Carol (Williams) Hoar, were married in St. Andrews Church, Flushing, on February 7, 1942. [[They are the parents of two daughters, Patricia Theresia, born August 19, 1943, and Regina Marie, born September 16, 1944. Mr. and Mrs. Froehlich live at 372 Jackson Avenue, Minneola.
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