Franklin Lloyd Wilbur ’19

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FRANK WAS BORN in 1897 in Asbury Park, N.J., where his father, Princeton 1879, was a doctor. His uncle William was in the Class of 1885. Frank went through the Asbury Park school system and later to Boston Univ. School of Medicine. He returned to Asbury Park and practiced there for 50 years, retiring in 1985 to the home of his daughter Carol Willman, in Devon, Penn. His wife, Edith, predeceased him in 1988. He had three daughters: Carol Will_ man, Margaret Brown, and Jane Oakley who died in 1969. There are eight grandchildren and 16 greatgrandchildre .

Frank was a member of the A.M.A. and the N.J. Medical Society. He was active in the Presbyterian Church and was a consistent attender of Princeton Reunions. In fact, a couple ofycars ago, he was the sole representative of the Class in the Prade.

Frank died of pneumonia in Bradenton, Fla., on Feb. 26, 1993, while visiting his daughter Margaret.

The Class sends its condolences to his family.

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