Robert Britton Lynn Frantz, age 62, of 1106 Cameron Avenue, Tyrone, died unexpectedly Wednesday, February 26, 2003 at 5:31 a.m. at the Altoona Hospital.
He was born December 7, 1940 in Tyrone, the son of Ralph R. and Tressa Mae Watters Frantz. On May 9, 2002, he was married to Carol Fee who survives.
He is also survived by three sons, Robert C. of tyrone, Briton of Seattle, Wa., and Brady of Louisville, Ky., a brother Richard L. of Westfield Center, Ohio. He was preceded in death by a brother Ralph C.
Mr. Frantz attended Christ United Methodist Church. He retired in July 2001 from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences of Pennsylvania State University. He was a 1960 graduate of Tyrone High School. He was a veteran of service with the U.S. Army. He had been a member of the Tyrone Gardner Guards Drum and Bugle Corps.
Funeral service for Mr. Frantz will be Saturday, March 1, 2003 at 11 a.m. at the Richard H. Searer Funeral Home with Reverend Dr. Dennis Reedy officiating. Interment will be in East Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 7-9 p.m. and on Saturday from 10-11 a.m.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Salvation Army, 9 West 10th Street, Tyrone, Pa. 16686.
