Ira Antone Frownfelter was born May 4, 1902, in Bucephalia Township, the son of Leonard and Mary Frownfelter. Ira was married in Kensal on January 5, 1933, to Frances Maria Lonski who was born May 30, 1912. They lived in Bucephalia Township.
Ira and Frances had seven children: Donald, Raphael, Bernadine, Kenneth, Dennis, Christine, and Roy who died as an infant.
Frances Frownfelter died March 3, 1965 and is buried in the Kensal Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 13B