Frank David Royce
1922 - 2001 (78 years)
Generation: 1
1. Frank David Royce was born on 27 Sep 1922 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan; died on 7 May 2001 in Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas; was buried in Moore Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Arlington, Tarrant County, Texas. Notes:
Frank David Royce Jr.
Arlington – Frank David Royce Jr., a retired U.S. Air Force major, received his final wings Monday, May 7, 2001 in Arlington.
Funeral: Military service will be at 3:30 p.m. Friday at Moore Funeral Home Chapel, Arlington. Entombment: Moore memorial Gardens, Arlington.
Maj. Royce was born in Detroit, Mich., on Sept. 27, 1922. He attended Kentucky Military Institute and subsequently received his law degree from the University of Louisville. He was a pilot with the 219th Bomb Squad in World War ii and former judge advocate. Maj. Royce served in Korea and was assigned to Japan for thee years to reinstate the Japanese air force. In 1958 he received the prestigious Command Wings at Holmstead Air Force Base and continue to fly for the Strategic Air Command in the Vietnam War. In 1965, while ferrying a plane from Wichita to Hawaii, Maj. Royce experienced engine trouble over the pacific Ocean and had to glide the last four miles to land safely. Maj. Royce retired frm military service in 1982 and began flying with the Six Legion of the National Forest Service in Washington State. Maj. Royce was a notable big game hunter and gardener.
Survivors: Wife, Corinne A. Royce; daughters, Sharon Lovitt of Williamsburg, Ohio, Diana Patterson of Tucson and Linda Rothstein of Atlanta; grandsons, David Kirsch, J.C. Lovitt, and Ryan Lovitt; granddaughters, Mischa Martin of Atlanta and Dr. Gayle Masterson of Tucson; and three great-grandchildren.
Moore Funeral Home, N. Davis Drive, Arlington (817275-271.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas. Friday, 11 May 2001.
Buried:
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Court of Hope Mausoleums - south face of the 3rd unit coming from the north
and also honored at
Spring Hill Cemetery, Harrodsburg, Mercer County, Kentucky
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