Frank C. Stover ’30

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Frank C. Stover died Dec. 13, 1998. He had lived in Winnetka, Ill., for 79 years. He came to Princeton from New Trier H.S. and was president of Dial Lodge in his senior year. He also held a bachelor's in architecture, which he earned in 1932 at the U. of Illinois.

In 1938 he married Mary Jane Rich. Frank began working for Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1933 as the manager of the Sears building for the Chicago World's Fair. He continued to work for Sears until 1973, when he retired as the head of the company's quality control department.

Survivors include his wife; three sons, Geoffrey, David, and Nicholas; three daughters, Victoria, Angela Fee, and Julian; and 12 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son Jeremy. The class extends its deepest sympathy to all his family.

The Class of 1930

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