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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Franklin D.
Cloninger
September 25, 1938 – July 31, 2010
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FUNERAL SERVICES FOR
Franklin D. Cloninger 71 years, 10 months and 6 days 9/25/1938 - 7/31/2010 Hartshorn, MO - Seward, NE Celebration of Life 1:30 P.M., Friday, August 6, 2010 at Elkhorn Hills United Methodist Church 20227 Veterans Drive Elkhorn, NE Officiating: Rev. Lee Johnson Signing of Remembrance Book 10:00 A.M. to 8:30 P.M., Thursday, August 5, 2010 at Zabka Funeral Home Seward, NE and one hour prior to the service at the church in Elkhorn on Friday MEMORIALS Child Saving Institute - Omaha, NE or Donor's Choice |
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Franklin Dale Cloninger was born September 25, 1938 on a farm outside of Hartshorn, Missouri, to George Franklin "Frank" and Patsy Jane "Janie" Derryberry Cloninger and passed away in Seward, Nebraska, on July 31, 2010 at the age of 71 years, 10 months, 6 days. Frank attended Hartshorn School through the 8th grade and was a 1956 graduate of Summersville High School. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Agronomy from the University of Missouri at Columbia in 1960 and earned his Masters and Doctoral degrees in Crop Science also from the University of Missouri-Columbia. Frank served in the United States Army from 1960-1963. He was stationed in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, from 1960 to 1962 and then in Munich, Germany, where he was a payroll officer for the remainder of his time in the service. On May 19, 1962, Frank was united in marriage to Marion Ruth Haas at the First Presbyterian Church in Rolla, Missouri. Frank and Marion spent their first year of marriage in Germany. Their marriage was blessed with two daughters, Carla and Mary. Frank was a Plant Breeder and Director of Research at the J.C. Robinson Seed Co. from 1974 until he retired in 2002. The family moved to Elkhorn, Nebraska, in 1976 and resided there for over 30 years. Marion and Frank moved to Seward, Nebraska, in November of 2009. Frank was a member of Elkhorn Hills United Methodist Church and recently became a member of the Seward United Methodist Church. His hobbies included genealogy, woodworking, and gardening. Frank is preceded in death by his parents, Frank and Janie Cloninger; his wife, Marion; his brother and sister-in-law, Charles Kenneth and Ann Brokaw Cloninger; his sister and brother-in-law, Alice Armindia Cloninger Keller and David Connor Keller; his sister, Birdeva Joyce Cloninger Medlock. Frank is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law, Carla and J.B. Ketner of Seward, Nebraska, Mary Cloninger Holmgren and her husband, Steven Holmgren of Bozeman, Montana; grandsons, Joel and Nathan Ketner, Benjamin and Isaac Holmgren; many nieces and nephews and a host of friends. To this obituary we add our thoughts, prayers, and memories of life shared with Frank. |
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