Franklin Scott Pate

FRANKLIN SCOTT PATE, 64 OF BROWNSTOWN, IN, FORMERLY OF PUNTA GORDA, FLORIDA, MEDORA, INDIANA, EL PASO, TEXAS, AND OAKWOOD, IL, PASSED THIS LIFE AT 8:20AM EST ON THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2010 AT HIS RESIDENCE IN BROWNSTOWN AFTER A LENGHTLY ILLNESS, WITH JEANETTE, LORI, JEFF, AND OTHER FAMILY BY HIS SIDE. HE WAS BORN ON JUNE 9, 1945, IN MEMPHIS TENNESSEE, THE SON OF CLARENCE AND HILDA (BALBACH) PATE. FRANK ATTENDED UNION HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN DUGGER, INDIANA, AND WAS A SELF-EMPLOYED LANDSCAPER, CONSTRUCTION WORKER, AND FARMER. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER, BETTY NESSLAGE OF LAS VEGAS, NV, HIS THREE NIECES, PAULA G. SMITH KELLEHER, OF APPLE VALLEY, CAL., CATHERINE A. WEEKS, OF APPLE VALLEY, CAL., BECKY EDDINS OF CAL, HIS GREAT NEPHEW, LOUIS KELLOGG III, AND HIS GREAT NIECES, PATSY KELLOGG. OTHER SURVIORS INCLUDE A NEPHEW, TWO GREAT-NEPHEWS, FOUR GREAT-NIECES, TWO GREAT-GREAT NIECES, THREE GREAT-GREAT NEPHEWS, HIS BELOVED, JEANETTE SITTERDING OF BROWNSTOWN IN, AND HIS THREE CANINE KIDS, PEE-WEE, TINY, AND WEE-WEE. HIS PARENTS, THREE SISTERS, DOROTHY PATE, PATSY PATE MARTIN, AND MARY PATE ZULLMAN, AND HIS FRIEND, 'THE LATE' MARTHA STEWART PRECEDED FRANK IN DEATH. FRANK WAS A MEMBER EPSWORTH METHODIST CHURCH IN MEMPHIS, TENN FOR MANY YEARS,LATER BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF BROWNSTOWN, IN. A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF FRANKLIN SCOTT PATE WILL BEGAN AT 2:00PM CDT ON SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 2010 AT SUNSET FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION CENTER LOCATED AT 3940 N. VERMILION STREET IN DANVILLE, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD AT NOON UNTIL TIME OF SERVICE ON SUNDAY AT THE FUENRAL HOME. BURIAL WILL TAKE PLACE AT OAKWOOD CEMETERY ON MONDAY, JUNE 7, 2010 AT 11:00AM CDT. MEMORIAL CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT IN FRANKS NAME TO THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. E-MAIL CONDOLENCES MAY BE SENT TO THE FAMILY AT WWW.SUNSETFUENRALHOME.COM