Mr. Frank M. Maras, Sr., 102 of Kincaid, IL died Monday, August 12, 2024, at Taylorville Care Center.
He was born at home on February 20, 1922, in Bulpitt, Ill., to George and Sophie Maras. Frank attended the Catholic School in Kincaid and South Fork High School. His family owned a farm, and he spent much of his childhood working on the farm. After high school graduation, he joined the Civil Conservation Corps. (CCC) in Havana, Ill.
Frank served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945 as a pharmacist's mate first at Portsmouth Naval Hospital and then on board the USS Julius Raven - a converted destroyer. During this time, he met Reta D. Miller of Charlottesville, V.A. Frank had brought several injured soldiers to the University Hospital in Charlottesville where Reta was working. They were married on May 26, 1945, in her parents' home in Charlottesville. Reta passed away on December 13, 2015. They were married for 70 years.
After the service, like many recently released service personnel, F

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