Lt. Colonel Winiford F. Emerson

A retired military veteran with a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Commendation Medal and a resident of Baton Rouge, he died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2006, at his residence with his family present. He was 85 and a native ofNashville, Tenn.Visiting at Rabenhorst Funeral Home East, on Sunday, Oct. 29, from 2 p.m.to 5 p.m.and again on Monday, Oct. 30, from 10 a.m.until religious service at 11:30 a.m., conducted by Sister Maria Rabalais, C.S.J. Interment inPortHudsonNationalCemetery. Survived by his wife, Joan McLaughlin Emerson; father-in-law and mother-in-law, D.C. and Wilma McLaughlin; two daughters, Carmen M. Emerson, Baton Rouge, and Joye Emerson, Seattle; grandchild, Brenda Emerson. Preceded in death by parents, Winiford and Roberta Pearl Emerson; brothers and sister-in-law, U.S. Army retired Col. Robert B. and Opal Emerson and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He was born in Nashvilleand grew up in St. Petersburg, Fla. Frank enlisted in the Army at age 17. He served in World War II and was in the Normandyinvasion. He also served in the Korean War. He served as a forward observer, in field artillery and with the judge adjutant general's (JAG) office. After he retired from the military, he remained inHeidelberg, Germany, where he worked as supply officer for USAREUR. When he moved to Baton Rougein the early 1970s, he worked with his brother in the field of biofeedback research. Growing up with a father who was a cellist for the Metropolitan Opera, Frank developed a deep love for opera that continued all of his life. He regularly attended the opera and was an avid opera buff.