Franklin Thomas Stepp |
| Posted 2018-01-24 by mhenderson |
| Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ >>> Published on Wednesday, January 24, 2018 <<< Franklin Stepp passed away Jan. 9, 2018. Frank was born Dec. 12, 1927, the son of Auston Stepp and Mattie McJunkin. He was raised in Blue Ridge, Fanin County, Georgia, where he helped on his parent’s farm. Frank began working at a young age doing many odd jobs. He worked with the Operating Engineers Union with Templeton Construction in the San Diego area in the early 1960s. He met Beverlie and it was love at first sight. They married Feb. 14, 1974. The couple moved to Lake Havasu City in 1981. They opened “Franks Trading Post” in Desert Hills, then added on the post office. Frank and Beverlie sold the business in 1993 and semi-retired. Frank loved working, traveling and delivering Meals on Wheels. He made many friends along the way. He will be greatly missed. Frank was most known as “The Man with the Black Hat.” Frank is preceded in death by his wife, Beverlie D. Stepp, in 2017. He is survived by stepdaughters, Kathy Blackmore (Bill) of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Mindy Ripperger (Anthony) of Oroville, California, Kim Huitt of Pineville, Oregon, and stepson William Thorstad of Escondido, California, 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, and four great- great-grandchildren. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Frank’s name to Hospice of Havasu, P.O. Box 597 Lake Havasu City, AZ 86405. |
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