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Frank Alexander Grant III

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Frank Alexander Grant III

Birth
Eureka, Humboldt County, California, USA
Death
16 Sep 2014 (aged 71)
Altadena, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Weitchpec, Humboldt County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section B, Site 1
Memorial ID
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Veteran, US ARMY

"Frank Alexander Grant III was born in Eureka, CA on December 7, 1942, to Frank A. Grant II and Kathryn Ellen Waldner. Frank III was raised on the Hoopa Yurok Indian Reservation, attending grammar school and high school there, and graduating in 1960 as valedictorian. He earned his BS (1964) and MS (1966) in civil/sanitary engineering at Stanford University, marrying Carole Susan Magnus on their graduation day in 1966. After Stanford, Frank served in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps stateside for 2 years and then earned a PhD in engineering at UC Berkeley in 1972. Frank worked over 30 years with MWH Global, an engineering firm, he managed large projects in San Jose, Los Angeles, the Philippines, and Jordan. Frank was a vibrant man and lived along the Klamath River on the Yurok Reservation in a self-built cabin; and in Altadena, CA. He enjoyed visiting with family and friends, travel, genealogy, playing Bridge and Scrabble, and setting net. Frank died peacefully 9/16 /2014 in his Altadena home as a result of cancer. Frank is survived by his wife, two sons their wives and four grandchildren, two brothers, one sister and step-mother. Frank was pre-deceased by his father Frank II, mother Kathryn Ellen Waldner, step-father James (Jimmie) Jackson, and brother John (Chief) Jackson. Burial will occur at the Yurok Veterans Cemetery at 28263 Bald Hills Road...Memorial services will be held at a later date in Pasadena, CA and in Jerusalem.."
Veteran, US ARMY

"Frank Alexander Grant III was born in Eureka, CA on December 7, 1942, to Frank A. Grant II and Kathryn Ellen Waldner. Frank III was raised on the Hoopa Yurok Indian Reservation, attending grammar school and high school there, and graduating in 1960 as valedictorian. He earned his BS (1964) and MS (1966) in civil/sanitary engineering at Stanford University, marrying Carole Susan Magnus on their graduation day in 1966. After Stanford, Frank served in the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps stateside for 2 years and then earned a PhD in engineering at UC Berkeley in 1972. Frank worked over 30 years with MWH Global, an engineering firm, he managed large projects in San Jose, Los Angeles, the Philippines, and Jordan. Frank was a vibrant man and lived along the Klamath River on the Yurok Reservation in a self-built cabin; and in Altadena, CA. He enjoyed visiting with family and friends, travel, genealogy, playing Bridge and Scrabble, and setting net. Frank died peacefully 9/16 /2014 in his Altadena home as a result of cancer. Frank is survived by his wife, two sons their wives and four grandchildren, two brothers, one sister and step-mother. Frank was pre-deceased by his father Frank II, mother Kathryn Ellen Waldner, step-father James (Jimmie) Jackson, and brother John (Chief) Jackson. Burial will occur at the Yurok Veterans Cemetery at 28263 Bald Hills Road...Memorial services will be held at a later date in Pasadena, CA and in Jerusalem.."


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