FATHER FRANK PERKOVICH

Born In 1928

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LET THE GREAT HOSANNAS RING

At this holy sacrifice

We gather to praise thee

Our redeemer King

Bread and wine our sacrifice

We offer to You alone

Let great hosannas ring

Frank Perkovich was born in Chisholm, Minnesota to John

and Johanna Lesar Perkovich, the youngest of their three sons. Both John and Jennie

were recent immigrants, part

of a large wave of southern Slavs. The section of Chisholm where Frank and his family lived was called pig town because so many families raised pigs. It was on the southeastern side of Chisholm, bordered by 5th and 6th Street on the south. One of Frank’s jobs as a boy was to help raise the pigs. Frank had also a paper route for the Mesabi Miner. Frank attended Roosevelt and Washington Grade Schools, and then finished at Chisholm Junior

and Senior High School.

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