Marilyn (Anderson) FRANK

FRANK, JACKSON, ANDERSON, HAMEL, REB

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 6/7/2017 at 00:54:16

February 20, 1934 --- May 31, 2017

Clear Lake - Marilyn Frank, 83, of Clear Lake, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 31, 2017. Her son and daughter were at her side. A Memorial Service will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 3, 2017, at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. 4th St. Clear Lake, with Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Thompson officiating. Inurnment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery in Mason City. A time of food and fellowship will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. The family suggests that any memorials be directed to Hospice of North Iowa whose wonderful staff have been so kind and helpful during both Bud's and Marilyn's last days.

Marilyn Frank was born on February 20, 1934, in Kanawha, IA, to Selmer and Clara (Jackson) Anderson. Her family moved to Clear Lake where she graduated from Clear Lake High School in 1952. She met her future husband at the Surf Ballroom when he was home on leave from the service. She married Emmanuel "Bud" Frank on April 11, 1953, in Mason City, IA. They resided in Clear Lake most of their lives. They had four children, Daniel, Mike, Michelle, and Douglas. They were blessed to have shared 57 years together before his passing on August 31, 2010.

In retirement Bud and Marilyn spent 16 wonderful winters in Texas enjoying dancing, jams, hiking, biking, swimming, and all the great activities there. They also loved traveling and camping and hiking along the North Shore of Lake Superior. They shared an interest in antiquing and had a lot of fun at Gold Rush, auctions, flea markets, and garage sales collecting antiques. For several years they sold antiques in Clear Lake and named their shop "Memories." After Bud passed away, their children and grandchildren presented Marilyn with an engraved brick just outside the Surf Ballroom entrance with their names and the word "Memories" on it as a double meaning for the memories they have meeting and dancing at the Surf Ballroom as well as memories of their antiquing days.

Marilyn loved spending time with her family and was very active and supportive in their lives. She also enjoyed spending time with her friends from church and her local swimming group known as the Aquabelles. Bud and Marilyn were active members of the Clear Lake Evangelical Free Church for many years. Marilyn most recently was a member of the Clear Lake United Methodist Church.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Mike Frank of Clear Lake and Michelle Hamel and her husband Tim of Rochester, MN; four grandchildren, Andrea Frank, Amanda Reb and her husband Jeremiah, Joshua Hamel, and Stephanie Hamel; three great-grandchildren, Elijah, Josiah and Jaxon, and other extended family. Marilyn was preceded in death by her parents, husband Bud, two sons, and one sister. Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel;

Mason City Globe Gazette --- Mason City, IA
June 2, 2017