Larry Frack

FRACK - THE EARLY YEARS!
Larry was born in Honolulu and went to grade school there. His parents were school teachers.

One Sunday Larry witnessed an event that is forever impressed in his mind...December 7th, 1941...when he watched the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, from his home on Pacific Heights! He was 13 years old.

Larry remembers the excitement of living in a war zone, the Territory of Hawaii, during that period of history.
In 1945, with World War 2 nearing the end, the Frack family moved to the States on the Permanete. On the eight day voyage to San Francisco they were accompanied by two destroyer escorts, since Japanese submarines were still active in the Pacific.

The Frack family settled in North Seattle where Larry attended Roosevelt High, Everett Junior College and the University of Washington.

THE MILITARY
During Larry's military service he served four years in the US Air Force, attached to a Troop Carrier Squadron at Larson in Moses Lake, then on to Donaldson Air Force Base in South Carolina, assigned to a C-124 Globemaster as a crew chief, In-flight Crew Chief and was in training as a Flight Engineer at the time of discharge.

"Upon discharge, I went to work for the then Standard Oil of California in Seattle. I managed several service stations in the area. was an instructor, trainer, a retail supervisor and my last assignment was as a Territory Manager. I spent 36 years with the Chevron Oil Company and have very positive feelings of the wonderful working years."

Larry is now retired and working part-time at North Central Petroleum in Wenatchee, a Chevron jobber, and as Airport Security at Pangborn Airport. His philosophy of "keeping busy" is personified by his filing for, and being elected to:

• Douglas County Sewer Commissioner
• East Wenatchee City Council

CIVIC ACTIVITIES HAVE INCLUDED

• Applarians (Chancellor)
• Apple Blossom Festival (Director General)
• Wenatchee Chamber of Commerce (Board Member)
• North Central Washington Hospital Foundation (Chairman of "Mystery
• Among the Roses" fund raiser)

CLUB MEMBERSHIPS

• Wenatchee Golf and Country Club (Past President)
• Rotary Club of Wenatchee since 1977 (President 1982/83)

CHURCH AFFILIATION

• St. Lukes Episcopal of Wenatchee

Larry appreciates excellent health, great memories and a wonderful, loving family:
"...especially my wife, Darlene, a wonderful person,
...all my children, four daughters and a step-daughter,
...eleven grandchildren, all with their own beautiful uniqueness." In closing Larry comments, "Heading into the twilight years, I can only give thanks to my Lord for a WONDERFUL LIFE!!"

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