Francis V. "Frank" Yanak

Passed away, December 3, 2017 at the age of 89, first generation American born in Cleveland, Ohio of Frank and Rose (nee Klachan), who emigrated from Slovakia. His early youth was as a Depression era boy who among many things walked picket lines with his father during the 1930s run-up to the Wagner Act which authorized collective bargaining. Frank was a product of parochial school and a Jesuit high school, served in the Army in Korea and then graduated from the Jesuit Seattle University. Also, following military service he married his high school sweetheart and darling wife of 69 years, Dolores Hurley in Seattle. Together they had nine children: Francis, Kathleen, John, Karen, Joseph, James, Mary Beth, Susan and Sarah, from whom came 24 grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren who not only enlarged but bettered the family. The family, including his extended family; brothers Richard and Robert, nephews and nieces and the Hurley clan, were the principal focus, the joy of Frank’s life.

Work was the secondary focus of his life, e.g., as a longshoreman during WWII, Federal Government career employee with the Office of Personnel Management (nee Civil Service Commission) spanning 34 years in eight geographic locations including assignments as Project Manager of the government wife Equal Employment Opportunity Program in Washington D.C., and as a Regional Director in Saint Louis and Regional Director in San Francisco. Following Federal retirement Frank was with the Bank of America and had assignments for the UN in Indonesia and the Peoples Republic of China.

During post Government employment he earned degrees from the University of Southern California as a Master of Public Administration and in 1998 a PhD. Doctorate of Public Administration. Frank frequently said that he had a good run at life replete with friends, business associates, world-wide travel (44 countries and 50 states) with wife Dolores, and some with children, memorable family get-togethers in Tuscany, Tennessee, and Oregon to cite some of them. Grandchildren and great grandchildren completed his circle of life. Family saw him off-a most happy way to go. A memorial celebration of life will be held by family at a later date.