Individual Details
Frank William Dakan
(21 Aug 1916 - 9 Sep 2002)
Name: Frank W Dakan
Birth Year: 1916
Race: White, Citizen (White)
Nativity State or Country: Colorado
State of Residence: Colorado
County or City: Denver
Enlistment Date: 11 May 1945
Enlistment State: Colorado
Enlistment City: Fort Logan
Branch: No branch assignment
Branch Code: No branch assignment
Grade: Private
Grade Code: Private
Term of Enlistment: Enlistment for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law
Component: Selectees (Enlisted Men)
Source: Civil Life
Education: 1 year of college
Civil Occupation: Surveyors
Marital Status: Married
Height: 88
Weight: 090
Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.
Peninsula Daily News (Port Angeles, WA) - Sunday, September 15, 2002
Aug. 21, 1916 -- Sept. 9, 2002
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Peninsula Daily News, Port Angeles, Washington, Sunday, September 15, 2002: Deceased Name: Frank W. Dakan, Aug. 21, 1916 -- Sept. 9, 2002. Frank W. Dakan of Sequim died in Olympic Memorial Hospital follow a long battle with heart and lung problems. He was 86. He was born to Frank William and Mary (Blunt) Dakan Sr. near Castle Rock, Colo., where he attended school before majoring in electrical engineering at then-Colorado State College. He served two years in the Air Force. After retiring from Continental Air Lines, he moved to Canon City, Colo., where he managed a Western Auto store. Mr. Dakan also owned a repair shop in which he took great satisfaction in helping low-income people. In other endeavors, he operated a travel agency and worked in real estate. His pastimes included fishing, hunting and horses. While with Continental Air Lines, he earned his commercial pilot"s license. In Sequim, Mr. Dakan was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and Newcomers Club. His first marriage, to Beth Kirkpatrick, in Georgetown, Colo., ended with her death in 1974. In 1977, he married Ruth McKown, who survives him. Other survivors include son Charles Dakan of Peyton, Colo.; daughter Dorothy Olsen of Canon City, Colo.; sister Lois Reid of Elkhorn, Neb.; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; three stepchildren; and four step-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by sister Louise Christianson.Services: Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 11 a.m., memorial in Holt Funeral Home, Canyon City, Colo. Sequim Valley Chapel is in charge of local arrangements. Memorials: Charity of choice. No flowers, please.
Events
Families
Spouse | Bess Idel Kirkpatrick (1919 - 1974) |
Child | Charles W. Dakan ( - ) |
Child | Dorothy Dakan ( - ) |
Endnotes
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2. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 521-22-7496; Issue State: Colorado; Issue Date: Before 1951..
3. National Archives and Records Administration, Selected Records of the War Department Relating to Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865. (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005).
4. Colorado Genealogical Society, Colorado Marriages, 1858-1939 (n.p: An Index Compiled by The Denver Public Library, n.d).
5. Find A Grave.
6. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 521-22-7496; Issue State: Colorado; Issue Date: Before 1951..
7. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 521-22-7496; Issue State: Colorado; Issue Date: Before 1951..
8. Find A Grave.
9. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 521-22-7496; Issue State: Colorado; Issue Date: Before 1951..
10. Ancestry.com, Social Security Death Index (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Database online. Number: 521-22-7496; Issue State: Colorado; Issue Date: Before 1951..