ROBERT FRINKBurlingtonOn March 16, 2019, Robert B.Editor's note: During February 2002, Rodale's Scuba Diving's Director of Photography Stephen Frink escorted a group of 11 adults and three children to the Galapagos Islands aboard Peter Hughes' luxury live-aboard Sky Dancer. Just over a week previously, he had celebrated his 99th birthday, still living independently at his home in Burlington, Iowa, and surrounded by his loving family, including sons Robert Frink Jr. and Stephen Frink, as well as Nita Eagle Frink, Monique Frink, Ian Frink, Connor Frink, Alexa Frink and Jim and Julie Kniffen.Frink was born in Des Moines, Iowa, on March 4, 1920, growing up in Des Moines and marrying Louella Albaugh. Shortly after their marriage, like so many of that generation, Frink shipped off to World War II to serve in the U.S. Navy aboard a landing ship transport that saw action in the South Pacific. ![]() Sons Robert and Stephen were born in Des Moines, but when a business opportunity presented, the Frink family relocated to Rock Island, Ill., where their daughter, Theresa Frink (deceased) was born. Frink worked in management at the Eagle Signal Corp. for much of his career while in Rock Island.Following his divorce from Louella, Frink moved to Cedar Rapids to work for Penick and Ford. During this time, he met and married Virginia Appleby, enjoying a three-decade marriage until her passing.To his great joy, he and Mary Lou Schneiderman found each other late in life and enjoyed a close and loving relationship in Burlington, Iowa. While they had but a short time together, Bob and Mary Lou were blessed to have the loving care of her family, and Burlington became his final home, a place of great comfort and support from dear friends.Throughout his life, Frink was an avid golfer and also enjoyed tennis and bowling, as well as playing the organ and singing in the church choir. His illness was brief and his life long, productive and lived with honor.Photo (left to right): Stephen Frink, Robert Frink Sr. Stand beside the 1950 Chevrolet first owned by Frink’s father, Ray, and still in the Robert Frink Jr. auto collection in Minnesota.Frank Frink grew up in San Francisco under Japanese control, though he may have been born a few years before the invasion. In the beginning, Frank is the average American living in the The Japanese Pacific States. He works in a factory making replica antique guns. He worries that the government will discover that he is partly Jewish. He lives with his girlfriend, Juliana Crain, whom he met in a hospital after her bus "accident." After she becomes involved in the resistance and leaves to Canon City in the Neutral Zone, he is questioned by the Kempeitai. After a few days pass and they still cannot find Juliana, they kidnap him. While being held, it comes out Frank is uncircumcised. He talks to another captive (who happens to be a part of the Resistance) and refuses to tell them where she is even after he is beaten. The Kempeitai then lured his sister, Laura Crothers, and her children to the police station in order to threaten him to talk. After his continued refusal they were gassed, effectively killing them. When a woman is discovered to have Juliana's things, the Kempeitai believe they made a mistake and that Frank doesn't know anything. They let him go, but cannot amend things, as his sister and the children are already dead. He identifies the bodies and is devastated. ![]() He tells his brother-in-law who is shocked and angry over his family's death and blames him for the death of his wife and children. This leads Frank to, not only feel grief, but also feel resentment Finally he wants to punish the Japanese so he hollows out the barrel of one of his antique guns and convinces a seller of antique American artifacts to sell him bullets. ![]() At a rally for the Crown Prince of Japan he tries to find the courage to kill the Crown Prince, but ultimately backs out when a young boy sees the gun. The Crown Prince was then shot by a Nazi agent, causing Frank to flee and escape.
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