Frank L Beiser

Frank Beiser passed away peacefully at home on September 25, 2020 at the age of 79 after a quick but fierce battle with stomach cancer. We will miss his beautiful smile, big laugh and warm hugs. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jane; three daughters Lisa, Laura, Jolene, and her partner Jitsujo; and grandson Dean. He is also survived by his sister Mary Ann Griffith and husband Bill; sister Jane Dolan and husband Bob; brother Larry Beiser and wife Cindy; sister Margie Wingfield; brother H. Darr Beiser and wife Margo Warren; sister-in-law Judith Willett; brother-in-law Joe Martin and wife Dory; and 38 loving nieces and nephews.

Frank spent the first several years of his life in Alton and Chicago, IL. His family moved to Tucson, AZ in 1951. He graduated from Salpointe High School and the University of Arizona with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting. After graduation Frank & family moved to Alhambra, CA and then settled in La Jolla, CA in 1968.

Frank worked for several years as an accountant for Price Waterhouse Coopers, Scripps Clinic & Research Foundation, Enviromed, and Educational Marketing and Research. In 1972 he established his own public accountancy business in La Jolla. Frank loved his work, his clients, and his employees and continued working through his illness this year.

Frank served as the president and board chairman of the San Diego Chapter of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants; and as the president and board chairman of the San Diego Chapter of the Society of California Accountants. He was a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants since 1972.

In 1999 he co-designed and began teaching a course called the “Tax Boot Camp” at the University of San Diego which continued for 14 years. He also taught a course in Income Taxation at the University of California, San Diego. He designed and developed the “Accounting, Bookkeeping and Taxation Certificate” program at California State University San Marcos, and was also an instructor for the San Diego Community College District.

He was the founder of the “La Jolla Certified Public Accountants Discussion Group” and helped organize the “San Diego Tax Institute,” the “New Practitioners Empowerment Group,” and the “Management of Accounting Practice Group.”

Frank had a deep commitment to service, including more than 40 years as a member and served as treasurer of the La Jolla Kiwanis Club. He joined Team in Training and completed the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll and Vancouver International Marathons and raised funds for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society for several years. He was an active member of Alcoholics Anonymous for over 38 years. In recent years he volunteered for Meals on Wheels, for the San Diego International Airport, and for Traveler’s Aid at the San Diego Santa Fe Depot. Frank really enjoyed engaging with travelers and hearing stories of their homelands near or far

More than anything, Frank enjoyed traveling and was a man of many hobbies. When he first moved to La Jolla he began SCUBA diving, introducing his daughters, nieces and nephews to SCUBA in his family’s swimming pool. He also loved sailing his Hobie Catamaran around Mission Bay and took it down to Mexico to teach his nephews and nieces to sail. For many years, Frank crewed on the sailing yacht race from Newport Beach, CA to Ensenada, Baja, Mexico.

From the 1980s forward, Frank was a cycling aficionado, participating in eight 100-mile Century Rides including the Tour de Tucson, Lake Tahoe, and Mexicali-San Felipe. Other favorite rides were the Tour of Borrego and the Tecate-Ensenada. Frank hiked the Grand Canyon several times. He became a Francophile, studied French in Paris and Montreal, and loved to travel to France where he roamed the streets, people-watched and enjoyed the many museums. He and Jane took their grandson Dean on many trips to visit historic aviation and naval locales. He was an avid movie-goer and reader. His favorite author was Jack Kerouac and he enjoyed all Beat poetry. Frank loved all genres of music, played guitar and banjo, and encouraged musicality in everyone around him. Frank had a great sense of humor and loved a good joke.

Memorial services will be held in the near future at El Camino Memorial Park. Please contact Frank’s family for the details.

In lieu of flowers, please send a donation in Frank’s name to Feeding San Diego or to Monarch Schools using the links below.