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Submitted: 6/14/21 • Approved: 6/15/21 • Last Updated: 6/18/21 • R427414-G0-S3
TECHNICAL SERGEANT US Army
World War II
July 26, 1908-February 21, 1981
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
Graveside services for Howard Lawson Frans, 72, of 324 N. Harvey, were at 4 p.m. today in Highland Park Cemetery with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor of Bible Baptist Church, officiating.
Burial was by Minton-Chatwell Funeral Directors.
Mr. Frans died at 5 a.m. Saturday in Amarillo.
A native of Seneca, Kan., he had been a Borger resident for 17 years. He was a World War II veteran, and a member of the Bible Baptist Church, and VFW.
Survivors include a son, Ronald of Amarillo; one brother, Ray of McPherson, Kan.; one sister, Hazel Lewis of Wichita, Kan.; and three grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Monday, February 23, 1981)
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U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947
Name: Howard Lawson Frans
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 31
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Vermillion, Kansas, USA
Birth Date: 26 Jul 1909
Residence Place: Corning, Nemaha, Kansas, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Employer: Roy Conner
Weight: 140
Complexion: Light
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5 6
Next of Kin: Laura Lorine Frans
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Howard Frans
Death Date: 21 Feb 1981
Death County: Potter
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Howard Lawson Frans
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 72
Birth Date: 26 Jul 1908
Birth Place: Kansas
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 21 Feb 1981
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Father: Charles Roger Frans
Mother: Bell Turner
U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2006
Name: Howard Lawson Frans
Service Info.: T SGT US ARMY WORLD WAR II
Birth Date: 26 Jul 1908
Death Date: 21 Feb 1981
Cemetery: Highland Park Cemetery
Cemetery Address: 931 N Sterling Borger, TX 79008
Contributed on 6/14/21
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