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Teen Girl Drowns On Outing

FARMERS BRANCH - A Sunday outing on bicycles ended in tragedy when a teen-age girl drowned after she plunged off a steep foot trail into Farmers Branch Creek.

Dead was Gretchen Louise Frink, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. I Frink, 13608 Onyx.

Police said Gretchen and her brother, David, 13, pedaled a mile east of their home for an afternoon ride over hilly trails of an unoccupied estate near Golfing Green and Braemar.

Police said David watched in horror as his sister and her bicycle catapulted off an embankment into the dammed up creek. Police said David went into the water in a vain effort to save his sister.

He got help from Farmers Branch fireman who plunged to recover her body.

The Dallas Morning News - April 21, 1975

FRINK
Miss Gretchen Louise, 13608, Onyx Lane, Farmers Branch. Survivors, John H. Keisey, Fort Worth; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Willis E. Frink of Farmers Branch, brother David Frink of Farmers Branch, grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Briel of Wisconsin, Mrs. Glen E. Frink of Illinois. Services 2:00 p.m. Thursday at The Farmers Branch Bible Church with Oliver W. Price officiating. Memorial gifts may be sent to Farmers Branch Bible Church.
RESTLAND-LAUREL LAND FUNERAL HOMES
Greenville Ave at Restland Rd. 238-7111

The Dallas Morning News - April 23 & 24, 1975

GRETCHEN LOUISE FRINK
NOV. 28, 1958 - APR. 20, 1975

Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas