Edward A. Frenock

Edward A. Frenock passed away unexpectedly of a sudden stroke at Good Samaritan Hospital, Lebanon, PA on Saturday, November 21, 2015. He was 97 and still living independently at his home in Gretna Springs, Manheim, PA where he had resided since 2008.   Born in Leisenring, PA of Jozef and Maria (Farkašovsky) Frinák  on February 3, 1918, Mr. Frenock was the youngest of ten children and was raised in Clairton, PA where he was a graduate of Clairton High School.  His parents and siblings predeceased him.  He was a veteran of WWII, serving in India and China in the Pacific theatre with the Army Air Corps.  Mr. Frenock graduated from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh.  He enjoyed 63 years of marriage with Dorothy A. Turchik from 1949 until her death in 2012. They met walking down the aisle as members of her uncle’s wedding party.  They were original Levittown, PA homeowners, moving there in 1952 until 1988 when they built their retirement home in the Poconos near Sheppton, PA.     Mr. Frenock was a proud member of the fraternal First Catholic Slovak Union (Jednota) for 83 years beginning at the age of 14.  He was a founding member of St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Levittown, PA as well as the founder and scout master of Cub Scout Pack 120 at the same parish. He was employed at the New Jersey Farm Bureau as an accountant until his retirement in 1984.  After retiring, Mr. Frenock and his wife enjoyed traveling all over the country in their RV from 1987 until 2004. He particularly enjoyed hunting, fishing, woodworking, outdoor life, his Slovak genealogy and heritage and Penn State football. Mr. Frenock was a devout Roman Catholic, a member of Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in Cornwall, PA, participated in the Sacred Heart Society and prayed the rosary daily. Loving father of the late Charles who died in infancy, the devoted father of Andrew E. and Denise (Withey) of Florida; Michael  J. of Oregon; Robert A. and Stephanie (Bragg) of Oregon; Lawrence E.  and Christian Saint-Girard of Lebanon, PA; Edward J. and Darlene (Schluth) of Yardley, PA; James A. of Oregon and Gerald J. and Karen (Wilson) of Croydon, PA. Mr. Frenock was the proud grandfather of 14, great grandfather of 6 and great-great-grandfather of 2. He will also be greatly missed by many surviving nieces, nephews and cousins.   Family and friends are invited to call on Sunday, November 29 from 7 until 9 p.m. and on Monday, November 30, from 8:15 until 9:15 a.m. at the James J. Dougherty Funeral Home, Inc., 2200 Trenton Road, Levittown, PA. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Monday, November 30, 2015 at 10 a.m. at Saint Michael the Archangel Church, Levittown. Rite of Committal with military honors will follow in Washington Crossing National Cemetery, Newtown, PA.      Condolences to the family may be posted at www.doughertyfuneralhome.com