He was born in Taos to Bernard Frank and Elizabeth Beller Frank. He was married on July 31, 1945 in Wardsville to Pauline Sue Ann Schrimpf who died on February 21, 2001. He is survived by two sons, Paul E. Frank, Jefferson City; and Gary L. Frank, Wardsville; two daughters, Lois D. Fairchild and Wanda K. Hoelscher, both of Jefferson City; and five grandchildren. He was employed with Duke Linhardt Construciton Company; was foreman with the Shell Construciton Company; and retired in 1983 as Construction Trade Instructor with the Jefferson City Public School System and Nichols Career Center. He was a member of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Wardsville; Holy Name Society; lifetime and sixty-one year member of Carpenters' Local 945; charter member of the Wardsville Lions Club; charter member of the Taos Fire Department Board of Trustees; and served on the R-2 school board for fifteen years during the building of Blair Oaks High School. Memorials are suggested to St. Joseph Home for the Aged, 1306 W. Main Street, Jefferson City, MO 65109; or St. Stanislaus Education Foundation, 6414 Route Route W., Jefferson City, MO 65101. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.