Frank, M.D.

Family/Spouse: ?, C.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: FRAN.S003
• _FGRAVE: 57369196
• Military Service: World War II, Corporal, 544th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, United States Army Air Forces

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DECATUR -Sam Frank Jr., 69, of Decatur died 11:30 p.m. Sunday (April 5, 1992) in Veterans Administration Hospital, Danville.

Mr. Frank was born in Clay City on Dec. 4, 1922, son of Sam and Mary Catherine"Katie" Montgomery Frank Sr. He was a boilermaker at Superior Welding for 31 years, retiring in 1986. He was a World War II Air Force veteran and a life member of VFW Post 35224. He married Mary Colborn in 1947.

Surviving are his wife; sons, George W. and Mike D. Frank; daughter, Mrs. Dennis (Marcie) Skelton; brother, Ben; sisters, Alberta Gumble Mrs. Carl (Blanche) Crouse; Mrs. Russell (Kathryn) Milner; Mrs. Joe (Mary Lou) Husley; Mrs. Norman (Nadine) Mosley, Shirley Schnautz; Mrs. Nolan (Faye) Franklin; grandchildren, Jim Frank; Katie Frank, Leilani Frank and Jennifer Frank.

Two brothers and one sister preceded him in death.

Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral Home.

There will be no services. Memorials: donor's choice.

Military Service:
Entered active service as a draftee on February 7, 1945 at Chicago, Illinois. Selected for the army air Forces, completed basic training and qualified in the military occupational specialty of Supply Clerk (835). Departed the U.S. on august 10, 1945 bound for the Pacific Theater of Operations. Assigned to and served with 544th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron. Earned the Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and the WWII Victory Medal. Honorably discharged as a Corporal on August 23, 1946 at the Separation Center, Fort Sheridan, Illinois.

This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.

Source: http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2070792

Buried:
There will be no services. Memorials: donor's choice.

Sam married COLBORN, Mary C. on 15 Nov 1947 in Flora, Clay County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of Colborn, George Thurman and Foreman, Nella Amanda) was born on 28 Apr 1925 in Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois; died on 21 Mar 2009 in Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Burial: Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
• Reference Number: COLB.M002
• _FGRAVE: 35186439

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Obituary: Decatur Herald & Review Newspaper, 3/24/2009.

Mary C. Frank, 83, of Decatur, passed away 9:30 pm Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Visitation to celebrate Mary' life will be held at Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral Home from 6 - 8 pm on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Cremation rites will be accorded with private interment in Graceland Cemetery to be held at a later date.

Mary was born April 28, 1925 in Bible Grove, IL, the daughter of George and Nella (Foreman) Colborn. She married Sam Frank Jr. on November 15, 1947 in Flora, IL.

Mary is survived by two sons; George Frank of Decatur and Mike (Chris) Frank of Decatur; one daughter Marcie (Dennis) Skelton of Cerro Gordo; four grandchildren, James Frank, Kate Labano, Leilani Muhr, and Jennifer Frank; and five great-grandchildren, Donovan, Hayli, Samantha, Kylie, and Gunner.

Mary was preceded in death by her husband Sam, her parents, five brothers, and two sisters.

Died:
Mary C. Frank, 83, of Decatur, passed away 9:30 pm Saturday, March 21, 2009 at Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Buried:
Cremation rites will be accorded with private interment in Graceland Cemetery to be held at a later date.

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• Occupation: Farmer
• Reference Number: FRAN.S002
• _FGRAVE: 18662698

Samuel married Montgomery, Mary Catherine "Katie". Mary (daughter of Montgomery, James H. and Mann, Rosella Catherine) was born in 1893 in Illinois; died in 1966; was buried in Smith Cemetery, Sailor Springs, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MONT.K003
• _FGRAVE: 18662696

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The 1920 census lists her as "Kathleen"

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• Reference Number: COLB.G001

George married Foreman, Nella Amanda. Nella was born on 20 Feb 1882; died on 13 Jan 1957; was buried in Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: FORE.N001

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• Reference Number: FRAN.N005

Norvay married ?, Hester. Hester was born in Jul 1866 in Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: UNK.H031

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• Reference Number: MONT.J004

James married Mann, Rosella Catherine. Rosella (daughter of Mann, A. and Jackson, M.E.) was born on 10 Aug 1869 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois; died on 10 Mar 1955 in Decatur, Macon County, Illinois; was buried in Bement Cemetery, Bement, Piatt County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: MANN.R006