CHESTER, ILL. - Before Popeye the Sailor, Olive Oyl and Wimpy were the stars of a beloved comic strip, they walked the streets of this little town where their creator grew up. Popeye’s real-life alter ...

Survivors include his wife, Rosemary Fiegel of Burlington; sons, Albert, Carl and John (Rebecca) Fiegel, all of Illinois, Patrick, George (Kathy), William (Marjorie) and Scott Grenier, all of Wisc.; ...

CHESTER, Ill. — Before Popeye the Sailor, Olive Oyl and Wimpy were the stars of a beloved comic strip, they walked the streets of this little town where their creator grew up. Popeye's real-life alter ...

Popeye’s real-life alter ego, according to locals, was Frank Fiegel, a one-eyed, pipe-smoking man with a penchant for fistfights. Dora Paskel was unusually tall and thin and wore a bun at the nape of ...

CHESTER, Ill. -- Before Popeye the Sailor, Olive Oyl and Wimpy were the stars of a beloved comic strip, they walked the streets of this little town where their creator grew up. Popeye's real-life ...

Before Popeye the Sailor, Olive Oyl and Wimpy were the stars of a beloved comic strip, they walked the streets of this little town where their creator grew up. Popeye celebrates his 75th birthday with ...

He was born May 8, 1926, in Trevor, to Frank H. and Hattie (nee: Kath) Fiegel. He spent his early life in Trevor and Twin Lakes and received his education in Wilmot. On May 26, 1979 he was united in ...