Frank Joseph Phelka Jr

FRANK WAS BORN IN DUNKIRK, NY…WHERE HE GREW UP WITH THE LOVE OF HUNTING WITH HIS DOGS AND FISHING WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS…HE MADE LOTS OF GREAT MEMORIES BACK HOME GROWING UP AND SHARED THEM WITH US OFTEN…AFTER GRADUATION FRANK OBTAINED WORK IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD WHERE HE TRAVELED TO SEVERAL STATES BEFORE HE LANDED IN COLORADO WHERE HE SPENT THE REST OF HIS DAYS…HIS HEART ALWAYS BELONGED BACK HOME IN NEW YORK AND THAT IS WHERE HE WILL BE RETURNED.

FRANK AND KARA MET IN JULY 1989 AND SOON AFTER WAS BLESSED WITH HIS SON AARON, HE MARRIED KARA IN FEBRUARY 1991 AND HIS PRINCESS ASHLEY ARRIVED A FEW YEARS LATER. HE LOVED HIS CHILDREN AND WOULD DO ANYTHING TO MAKE THEM HAPPY GROWING UP… FRANK ENJOYED SPORTS WHETHER WATCHING THEM OR COACHING..HE COACHED HIS SON THROUGH LITTLE LEAGUE AND ON THE SIDELINE THROUGH HIS HIGH SCHOOL CAREER AND NOW AS AN ADULT. HE ALSO WAS THERE TO WATCH HIS CHILDREN PLAY SPORTS OR SING IN THE CHOIR AND WAS ALWAYS PROUD AS A PEACOCK.. HE WAS A KID AT HEART AND STAYED YOUNG THROUGH HIS CHILDREN…ASHLEY MARRIED ANTHONY 3 YEARS AGO AND BLESSED OUR FAMILY WITH OUR FIRST GRANDSON AND LOVE OF OUR LIFE JAYCE…

FRANK WORKED AS A LABOROR IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD, DROVE A TRUCK AND FINALLY SETTLED INTO WAREHOUSING… HE LOVED HIS JOB AT INTERLINE WHERE HE MADE MANY FRIENDS AND WAS TREATED LIKE FAMILY!

FRANK WAS CALLED HOME ON DECEMBER 29TH WHERE HE IS NO LONGER SUFFERING AND RESTS IN PEACE…WE LOVE AND MISS YOU… WE WILL KEEP HIS MEMORIES ALIVE FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN.

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