John Frank

of Waupun, formerly of Waukesha, died August 19, 2009 at Waupun Memorial Hospital at the age of 42 after a short battle with cancer.  He was born on March 12, 1967 in West Allis, to Markus and Shirley (nee:  McDonald) Frank.  He was a 1985 graduate of Brookfield East High School.  Following high school he joined the U.S. Navy, serving on active duty from 1985 until 1987 and then served in the Reserves until 1998.   On May 2, 1998 he married Patti (nee: Sepeda) in Las Vegas, NV.  He had been employed at Kreilkamp Trucking for 4 years.  John was a former member of the American Legion in Juneau.  He will be sadly missed by his wife Patti of Waupun, sons John Karl Frank II, 9 years old and Joel Markus Frank, 6 years old both of Waupun, parents Markus and Rosemary Frank of West Bend, brother Mark Allen Frank of Milwaukee, mother-in-law Olivia Guerra of Austin, TX, sister-in-law Plasida (Rafael) Mendez of Waukesha, nieces and nephews Eric (Jasmine) Rivera of Watertown, Sarah Rivera of Milwaukee, Amanda, Brittany and Josh all of Texas, cousins Joleen (Scott, Sr.) Schmidt of Waukesha, Cheryl Korich, Carolyn Lupo and Charles Zillmer, aunts Trudy Zillmer and Nelda DeJung, great nephew Eric S. Rivera, great nieces Arrayah Sanchez, Siarah Ortiz and Layla Rivera.  He is further survived by his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law from Texas Edward (Barbara) Guerra, Pete Guerra II, Steven Guerra, Roman Guerra, Juanita Guerra, Margaret Guerra (Robert) Garza, Mary Grace (Gilbert) Sanchez, Pete Guerra III, Richard Euresti, Joe Arthur Euresti and George E. Euresti, special friends the Jones family of Waukesha, many cousins, other relatives and friends.  He was preceded in death by his mother Shirley, brother Jim Frank, father-in-law and mother-in-law Sesilio and Lupe Sepeda and sisters-in-law Linda and Diana Anguiano and Lucy Guerra.  Visitation will be held on Sunday, August 23 from 4:00 PM until the 8:00 PM funeral service at Randle-Dable Funeral Home, 1110 S. Grand Ave., Waukesha, WI.   Rev. John Mundt will preside.  Graveside services with full military honors will be at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove Monday at 10:00 AM.  (Please meet at the funeral home at 8:30 AM)  Memorials in John’s name are appreciated to the family for his children.  For further information, please call Randle-Dable Funeral, Cremation and Preplanning Services at (262) 547-4035, or go to www.waukeshafunerals.com for directions or to leave an on-line tribute.