Lebanon County PA Archives Obituaries.....Frantz , James T. Jr.,  September 20, 2008
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  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/22/2008 
  Frantz Jr., James T.     
   
   
  James T. Frantz Jr., Lt. Col., USAF (retired), 97, of Lebanon died Saturday, 
  September 20, 2008, at Spang Crest Manor. Born January 22, 1911, in Lebanon, a 
  son of the late James Tilden and Lizzie May Snyder Frantz. He was married Jan. 
  18, 1936, to Sara Ann Hess, and father to James T. Frantz III. In 1928, he 
  graduated from Lebanon High School, and Lebanon Valley College in 1933. His 
  career started at the Army Command and Staff School in 1942, Fort Leavenworth, 
  Kan.; the Inspector Course in 1943, Fort Logan, Colo.; Air Command and Staff 
  College in 1950, Maxwell AFB, Ala.; and Academic Instructor Course in 1951, 
  Maxwell AFB. His military career began with enlistment in Battery H, 213th 
  Coast Artillery, Pennsylvania National Guard, in 1931. He was commissioned 
  second lieutenant Infantry Reserve in 1932. He served four years with the 
  Civilian Conservation Corps from 1937-1941 as camp commander in Maryland and 
  Arizona. Ordered to duty with the Army Air Corps in 1941 and commissioned in 
  the regular U.S. Army in 1947 and transferred to Department of the Air Force in 
  1948. He retired in 1964 with 32 years of service. From 1964-65, he was with 
  the state health department in Montgomery, Ala., and a school teacher in 
  Northern Lebanon School District from 1966-1970. He was a former member of the 
  Fredericksburg Lion Club and Mt. Lebanon Lodge No. 226 F&AM. He currently was a 
  member of the Air Force Association, AARP and 700 Club; Salem Lutheran Church, 
  where he served as member of church council, chairman of finance committee and 
  vice president of church council. He served as teacher of the Adult Bible 
  Class, both at Salem and Holy Trinity Lutheran churches. He was a member of the 
  Board of Directors, Carlton Square Homeowner's Association for 10 years, and 
  served as a director, vice president and president. Surviving in addition to 
  his wife and son is a brother, John H. Frantz of Louisville, Ky. He was 
  preceded in death by sisters Mae L. Watson, Myrle I. Baum; and brother Harold 
  W. Frantz. Viewing on Wednesday, September 24, 2008, from 10:30-11:30 a.m. in 
  Salem Lutheran Church, 119 N. Eighth St., Lebanon, followed by services at 
  11:30. Interment in Indiantown Gap National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, 
  memorials to Spang Crest Patio-Salem, Lebanon, c/o Luthercare, 600 E. Main St., 
  Lititz, PA 17543.  
  Published in the Lebanon Daily News on 9/22/2008  
  
  
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