{"id":14667,"date":"2015-07-02T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T15:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=14667"},"modified":"2015-07-02T09:59:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T15:59:01","slug":"14667","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=14667","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kortes<\/a>KORTES HONORED:<\/strong> Florissant Mayor Thomas P. Schneider and the City along with Old Town Partners hosted a dedication ceremony to unveil a plaque honoring the late Frank and Josephine Korte. This was the 22nd Walk through History plaque and the first to have two people (husband and wife) honored on the same plaque\u00a0\u00a0 Both have made a valuable contribution to the City of Florissant. The ceremony was held on Wednesday, June on the sidewalk in front of Kortes Custom Framing & Antiques at 610 rue St. Francois, before the start of the first Wednesday Night Out festivities<\/p>\n

Frank and Josephine married in 1943 and opened Korte Hardware, 610 St. Francois, in 1946.<\/p>\n

Devoted to family and faith, the Kortes put a priority on community service with leadership roles in fire department, hospital, Chamber of Commerce, historical preservation, St. Ferdinand Shrine, Valley of Flowers, Knights of Columbus, Rotary Club, Marygrove,\u00a0and others. Married over 50 years raising 11 children, their\u00a0\u201csuccessful hard work and commitment is an example of\u00a0dedication to inspire future generations of Florissant Families,\u201d\u00a0Mayor Schneider said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KORTES HONORED: Florissant Mayor Thomas P. Schneider and the City along with Old Town Partners hosted a dedication ceremony to unveil a plaque honoring the late Frank and Josephine Korte. This was the 22nd Walk through History plaque and the first to have two people (husband and wife) honored on the same plaque\u00a0\u00a0 Both have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"","ocean_second_sidebar":"","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"","ocean_custom_header_template":"","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"on","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-florissant","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n- flovalleynews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=14667\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"- flovalleynews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"KORTES HONORED: Florissant Mayor Thomas P. 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