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| Frank and Ilene |
Frank loved to sing and sang for many
years with the Magichords chapter of the SPEBSQSA and for the last few years
with the quartet “Snake River Transfer.”
Through his singing Frank, once again demonstrated his love and
compassion for his family. Two years
ago, Max, Frank’s brother-in-law, was killed in a terrible accident. Previously Frank had borrowed some umpire
gear from Max for a number the quartet was singing. Our family came over not long after the accident
to the Magichords’ fall show. After the
show at the afterglow, Frank’s quartet sang and dedicated their numbers to
Max’s memory. They sang “Take Me Out to
the Ball Game” and “God Be with You Till We Meet Again.” There was not a dry eye in the house.
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| Snake River Transfers-Frank is on the far left |
Frank’s Christ like love as also shown in
the love and care that he gave Ilene’s mother during the time that she lived
with them and needed constant care. He
patiently and willing gave his time and love to her.
Frank was a wonderful husband, father and
grandfather. He always showed the
greatest of love and respect for Schatz.
You could literally see the love and compassion he had for her. Because of his great example, his sons have
carried over the same traditions. He always
enjoyed attending any sport or other events that his family was in. They all knew that Frank would be there cheering
them all no matter what. Even when Frank
was so ill, he still attended Braydon’s last flag football game and went up to
Hailey to Dustin and Levi’s soccer games.
He wasn’t always able to get out of the car, but he was there to cheer
his grandsons on. They will always have
so many wonderful memories of him.
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| Frank and Craig in Road Show |
Every year the second Sunday of December
the Utah State Choir travels to Sun Valley for two weeks. There they are no longer the Utah Sate Choir
but are called the Sun Valley Carolers.
As part of their stay in Sun Valley, they combine with the Hailey 1st
and 2nd ward and present the Sacrament Meeting program. It is a tradition for the rest of the family
to travel to Sun Valley to spend this time with Craig and his family. Well this year, Frank was pretty sick. Ilene told him that they wouldn't be able to
make the trip. Frank insisted that they
were going to make the trip because it meant so much to him to be able to spend
this special time with Craig and LaShell.
Ilene relented; they made the trip and spent a wonderful time with
them. Frank was able to once again show
his great love for Craig.
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| Frank in Boise |
David recalls how his dad would always
drive down the middle of the road after a snow storm. He would just drive down the center and
splash all the slush out of the middle of the road. David couldn't figure out what Frank was
doing this for. So one time David asked
Frank why he was driving down the middle of the road. Frank told him that if you would spread the
snow out across the roads it would melt faster and then he wouldn't have to
drive on icy roads. So now when you see
David driving down the center of the road, you’ll know why. He learned it from his Dad. David also recalls when they were in the
process of moving to a new home. He was
quite young and found a set of keys on the floor. He picked them up and stuck one of them into
an electrical outlet. David was
literally knocked backwards. Frank came running
kicked the keys out of the outlet, immediately picked David up and lovingly
said, “Oh, I am so sorry.” Not a cross
word or you should have known better, only love and concern for his young son.
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| Frank and his brothers, Theron, Kay and Darrell |
The very first memory of Steven’s life is
when the family lived over on Washington. The house had a large bay window that was only
about a foot and a half off of the floor that Steven could look out of. He would always go to that window and wave to
Frank when he left for work. Frank would
back out, stop and wave, drive a little ways and stop and wave again. Then would wave as he drove off down the
street. Steven would always watch for
his Dad to come home too. Sometimes
Craig and David would tease him and say “Dad’s home, Dad’s home.” Steven would run to the window but Frank wouldn't be there. Steven would leave
the window crying.
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| Frank and his mother, Ruth Elizabeth Proctor Cook |
Steven also remembers his dad’s interest
in everything that he attempted to do.
When Steven was wrestling, Frank learned all he could about the sport
and worked with Steven at home on the various moves. He was always there for his sons. The boys all took up skiing so Frank decided
that he would too, even though he had a really bad knee. One time up at Soldier Mountain, Steven
decided that he wanted a great jump picture.
So he found the perfect spot and asked Frank to stay at the bottom and
get this wonderful picture. Steven
didn’t notice that the jump had a lip on it that went straight up in the
air. Steven got ready to go and called
down to ask Frank if he was ready. Frank
was messing with the camera and signaling with his arms. Steven thought that was the sign that he was
ready. Off he went but instead of going
like he thought he should, he went straight up in the air feet up. Down he came and bounced about three times
before he started rolling. Skis, goggles,
and gloves were strewn everywhere. After
Steven could finally get his breath, he asked his dad if he had gotten it all
on film. Frank told him, “No I didn’t. That’s why I was signaling to you not to
go.” Steven decided that he wasn’t going
to go through all that pain and not have a picture of it, so up he went again
only to do the very same thing again, but this time Frank got the picture.
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Frank and Ilene, Theron and Cindy, Lois and Mark, Kay and Carla
at David's Wedding Aug 1991 |
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