Frank Wade Nettles was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 8, 1914 to David Rainey (of Lanier, GA 2/9/1886-8/17/1976) and Eliza Adeline (Pike) Nettles (of Millcreek, UT 4/30/1880-12/27/1948). He lived in Milford, Utah as a child (a small town which no longer exists).
Before the US entry into WWII, Frank enlisted in the US Army in Salt lake City, UT. He served honorably on the battlefields all the way from England, through France, and on to VE day in Germany. Before the war, he drove a fuel truck delivering gasoline from Bountiful, UT to Sinclair, WY. He met Mary Blanche Nettles in Lyman, WY at a restaurant where she was a waitress at the time. The pair married after he returned from WWII on 15 September 1945 in Wendover, NV. He soon returned to his previous job driving tank truck.
Eventually, Frank would take a local job at a service station, where he would remain til his retirement in the 80's. Afterward, he spent his time tending to things around the house and yard, fooling around, working in his AMAZING garden, around the corrals and in the mountains hunting Christmas trees and firewood.
Frank and Blanche had two children: daughter, Barbara and son, Lyle. Later they moved with the children, back to Blanches childhood home in Robertson, WY where they remained for the rest of their days. They moved into their own home on the property sometime in the early 1960's, and eventually, were blessed with several grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
Holiday traditions were paved at their home. Christmas was the best! We opened almost everything Christmas Eve after a wonderful dinner while eating delicious home-made candies and watched for Rudolph in the frigid Wyoming night. We came back Christmas day for a feast, and MORE gifts! Ahhh memories...
One day in the summer of 1990, not long into an illness, he woke in the night of 13 August 1990, complaining as many times before of sore arms and shoulders. Blanche turned to massage it out, and he fell to the floor, dead. Frank died at 3:00AM at home with his wife, at the age of 76. He was buried within view of his beloved Uinta Mountains at Fort Bridger cemetery.
Before the US entry into WWII, Frank enlisted in the US Army in Salt lake City, UT. He served honorably on the battlefields all the way from England, through France, and on to VE day in Germany. Before the war, he drove a fuel truck delivering gasoline from Bountiful, UT to Sinclair, WY. He met Mary Blanche Nettles in Lyman, WY at a restaurant where she was a waitress at the time. The pair married after he returned from WWII on 15 September 1945 in Wendover, NV. He soon returned to his previous job driving tank truck.
Eventually, Frank would take a local job at a service station, where he would remain til his retirement in the 80's. Afterward, he spent his time tending to things around the house and yard, fooling around, working in his AMAZING garden, around the corrals and in the mountains hunting Christmas trees and firewood.
Frank and Blanche had two children: daughter, Barbara and son, Lyle. Later they moved with the children, back to Blanches childhood home in Robertson, WY where they remained for the rest of their days. They moved into their own home on the property sometime in the early 1960's, and eventually, were blessed with several grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
Holiday traditions were paved at their home. Christmas was the best! We opened almost everything Christmas Eve after a wonderful dinner while eating delicious home-made candies and watched for Rudolph in the frigid Wyoming night. We came back Christmas day for a feast, and MORE gifts! Ahhh memories...
One day in the summer of 1990, not long into an illness, he woke in the night of 13 August 1990, complaining as many times before of sore arms and shoulders. Blanche turned to massage it out, and he fell to the floor, dead. Frank died at 3:00AM at home with his wife, at the age of 76. He was buried within view of his beloved Uinta Mountains at Fort Bridger cemetery.
Frank Wade Nettles was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 8, 1914 to David Rainey (of Lanier, GA 2/9/1886-8/17/1976) and Eliza Adeline (Pike) Nettles (of Millcreek, UT 4/30/1880-12/27/1948). He lived in Milford, Utah as a child (a small town which no longer exists).
Before the US entry into WWII, Frank enlisted in the US Army in Salt lake City, UT. He served honorably on the battlefields all the way from England, through France, and on to VE day in Germany. Before the war, he drove a fuel truck delivering gasoline from Bountiful, UT to Sinclair, WY. He met Mary Blanche Nettles in Lyman, WY at a restaurant where she was a waitress at the time. The pair married after he returned from WWII on 15 September 1945 in Wendover, NV. He soon returned to his previous job driving tank truck.
Eventually, Frank would take a local job at a service station, where he would remain til his retirement in the 80's. Afterward, he spent his time tending to things around the house and yard, fooling around, working in his AMAZING garden, around the corrals and in the mountains hunting Christmas trees and firewood.
Frank and Blanche had two children: daughter, Barbara and son, Lyle. Later they moved with the children, back to Blanches childhood home in Robertson, WY where they remained for the rest of their days. They moved into their own home on the property sometime in the early 1960's, and eventually, were blessed with several grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
Holiday traditions were paved at their home. Christmas was the best! We opened almost everything Christmas Eve after a wonderful dinner while eating delicious home-made candies and watched for Rudolph in the frigid Wyoming night. We came back Christmas day for a feast, and MORE gifts! Ahhh memories...
One day in the summer of 1990, not long into an illness, he woke in the night of 13 August 1990, complaining as many times before of sore arms and shoulders. Blanche turned to massage it out, and he fell to the floor, dead. Frank died at 3:00AM at home with his wife, at the age of 76. He was buried within view of his beloved Uinta Mountains at Fort Bridger cemetery.
Before the US entry into WWII, Frank enlisted in the US Army in Salt lake City, UT. He served honorably on the battlefields all the way from England, through France, and on to VE day in Germany. Before the war, he drove a fuel truck delivering gasoline from Bountiful, UT to Sinclair, WY. He met Mary Blanche Nettles in Lyman, WY at a restaurant where she was a waitress at the time. The pair married after he returned from WWII on 15 September 1945 in Wendover, NV. He soon returned to his previous job driving tank truck.
Eventually, Frank would take a local job at a service station, where he would remain til his retirement in the 80's. Afterward, he spent his time tending to things around the house and yard, fooling around, working in his AMAZING garden, around the corrals and in the mountains hunting Christmas trees and firewood.
Frank and Blanche had two children: daughter, Barbara and son, Lyle. Later they moved with the children, back to Blanches childhood home in Robertson, WY where they remained for the rest of their days. They moved into their own home on the property sometime in the early 1960's, and eventually, were blessed with several grandchildren, and one great-grandson.
Holiday traditions were paved at their home. Christmas was the best! We opened almost everything Christmas Eve after a wonderful dinner while eating delicious home-made candies and watched for Rudolph in the frigid Wyoming night. We came back Christmas day for a feast, and MORE gifts! Ahhh memories...
One day in the summer of 1990, not long into an illness, he woke in the night of 13 August 1990, complaining as many times before of sore arms and shoulders. Blanche turned to massage it out, and he fell to the floor, dead. Frank died at 3:00AM at home with his wife, at the age of 76. He was buried within view of his beloved Uinta Mountains at Fort Bridger cemetery.
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MARRIED SEPT 15 1945
