Dean P. Frantz

Dean P. Frantz, 88, of Reading, died December 10, 2013, in Reading Hospital.

His wife W. Anne (Shelton) Frantz, died May 14.

Born in Pottsville, he was a son of the late Norman E. and Alice H. (Umbenhauer) Frantz.

He was a graduate of St. Clair High School in 1942, and served his country during WW II in the US Army. Dean attended Penn State University, Pottsville and Albright College. He was a graduate of Lewis School of Hotel Management, Washington, DC.

Dean was a cost analyst for Meridian Bank retiring in 1988.

He was the president of the East Reading PTA in 1957; was the superintendent of St. Paul's Lutheran Sunday School, Reading, and was a licensed lay preacher of the Methodist Church, Philadelphia District, 1950 to 1952.

Dean is survived by a daughter, Janet E. Seeley, Seattle, WA., nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his niece, Nancy Dilcher.

He was predeceased by a daughter, Carole E. Jones and a sister, Harriet Dilcher.

Services will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., 739 Penn Ave., West Reading. Burial will be in Forest Hills Memorial Park. Online condolences may be recorded at www.kuhnfuneralhome.com.