Charles P. Frank Jr.

April 30, 1922 - December 19, 2017

Charles P. Frank Jr., 95, of Rochester Twp. passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2017, in Good Samaritan Hospice, Beaver. Born April 30, 1922, in Rochester Twp., a son of the late Charles P. Sr. and Minnie Bernard Frank, he was a retired supervisor with Ashland-Valvoline Oil, Freedom. He was a member of St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Parish, Rochester. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the 94th Infantry 302nd Company B. He received the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star, having fought in the Battle of the Bulge and in the European Theater. He was a lifelong member of the Military Order of the Purple Heart and a member of the Veteran’s Breakfast Club. He was preceded in death by his wife, Elizabeth K. “Betty” DeCaria Frank, in 2011; five sisters, Mary LaRose, Elizabeth Pisano Gumpf, Helen VanDorne, and Katherine Frank; four brothers, Anthony, Heladore, James, and Jesse Frank. He is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Paula F. and William Kislock, West Mifflin, Pa., and Charlene and Hobart Schweikert III, Economy Borough; two sons and daughters-in-law, David R. and LuAnn Frank, Uniontown, Ohio, and Mark A. and Amy Frank, Brighton Twp.; 11 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; four sisters, Peggy Nine, Beaver; Gay Bobo and Frances Lucas, both of Rochester Twp., and Bernadette Frank, Rochester; two brothers, Donald and Joseph Frank, Rochester Twp.; numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. Friends will be received Friday from 2 to 8 p.m. in the WILLIAM MURPHY FUNERAL HOME INC., 349 Adams St., Rochester. A mass of Christian burial will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. in St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church, Rochester, Twp. Interment will follow in St. Cecilia Cemetery. A wake service will be held in the funeral home on Friday at 3:30 p.m. The family wishes memorial contributions be made to the Rochester VFW, Post 128, Virginia Ave., Rochester, PA 15074 or Concordia Lutheran Ministry, Inc., Good Samaritan Hospice, Beaver Site, 134 Marwood Road, Cabot, PA 16023. The family wishes to thank the cardio-pulmonary nurses at Heritage Valley Beaver and the Good Samaritan Hospice nurses for the care and comfort given to our dad.