Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Frank, Alice Hankerson April 8, 2013
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Ionia Sentinel-Standard - Sat. April 13, 2013

New Bern, N.C. Alice Hankerson Frank, of the Fairfield Harbour Community, 
passed away Monday, April 8, 2013. Alice was born in Waseca, Minn., on June 13, 
1934 to Robert and Mabel Sehlke Hankerson.

She graduated from Hamline University in 1956. In 1957, she married Jim Frank 
in Ensenada, Mexico. Their adventures took them all around the world including 
Europe, Africa and Australia. After several years in California, they 
eventually moved to Australia, where they had their first son, Kurt, in 1964. 
Back in the States a few years later, Eric was born in California. The car 
industry brought them to Ionia, Mich., where Alice taught elementary children 
music.

With the children raised, Alice and Jim moved to Fairfield Harbour in 1987. 
Alice was active in boating, bridge, golf, and community activities. She was a 
founding member of the Fairfield Harbour Yacht Club and also served as a 
director for the Harbour Recreation Club. Jim preceded her in death in 1999. 
Alice was fortunate enough to meet a wonderful man named Walt Chaiko and her 
adventurous life continued. 

Thank you, Walt, for taking such good care of Mom through her illness.

Alice will certainly be remembered as the person that was just fun to spend 
time with. Intelligent, funny, and upbeat, she would find the best of any 
situation. Incredibly strong and loving to the end, she will be missed by her 
family and many friends.

Among her relatives is her brother Richard Hankerson; sons, Kurt (Deanna) and 
Eric Frank; step-daughter Sherry; grandchildren Charlotte, Quinn, Emily and 
Madelyn Frank, A.J. Beesinger, and Blair and Rachel Seney.

Preceding her in death were husband Jim Frank and parents Robert Hankerson and 
Mabel Sehlke Hankerson.

A celebration of her life will be held at the Broad Creek Recreation Center on 
Saturday, April 20 from 3 to 5 p.m.

Those wishing to offer words of hope and condolences may visit 
www.pollockbest.com. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in, Alice’s 
name, to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society at 401 Harrison Oaks Blvd., Cary 
N.C. 27513 or a donation can be made at www.lls.org.

Pollock-Best Funerals & Cremation is entrusted with the Frank Family.


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