| 1. | Frank, Sam W. Jr. was born on 4 Dec 1922 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; died on 5 Apr 1992 in Veterans Affairs Hospital, Danville, Vermillion County, Illinois; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Decatur, Macon County, Illinois. Other Events and Attributes:
- Reference Number: FRAN.S003
- _FGRAVE: 57369196
- Military Service: World War II, Corporal, 544th Base Headquarters and Air Base Squadron, United States Army Air Forces
Notes:
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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1922 - 1992 (69 years)
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