Walk through History Event July 26

To Honor Frank and JoAnn Schuette

The City of Florissant and Florissant Old Town Partners have announced a plaque dedication in honor of the late Frank and JoAnn Schuette. This will be the 58th Walk Through History plaque in honor of someone that have made valuable contributions to the City of Florissant or someone with Florissant roots that has impacted our community.

The ceremony will be held on Wednesday, July 26 at 5:30 p.m. in front of 1080 rue St. Francois. The plaque dedication will take place before the start of the third Wednesday Night Out festivities hosted by Paul Manganelli’ s American Family Insurance office located at 717 rue St. Francois.

Frank and JoAnn both had careers many would have been more than happy to have. Frank worked at McDonnell Douglas and JoAnn worked at Southwestern Bell, but both felt that they wanted to do more for their small net Florissant community they lived in.

So, they opened Mid Town Dry Cleaners where their slogan was “Don’t frown call Mid-Town”. Mid-Town first location was at 745 St. Francois St. in the heart of Old Town Florissant.

As the population grew in Florissant, they knew their business needed to grow with it. They purchased a larger/centrally located building at 1080 St. Francois St and continued their Dry Cleaners for over 30 years before retiring.

Frank and JoAnn descendants are also lifelong citizens of Florissant dating back to the infancy of the town. The Schuette family farm was what is known as Paddock Hills. Frank’s mother was a Henke and this family dates to Florissant early heritage.    JoAnn’s maiden name is Ebbesmeyer and her mother was a Burcke.

Frank and JoAnn only moving twice but staying in the boundaries of Old Town and within the sound of Sacred Heart Church bell

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