Max Dean Frankforter Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

A Memorial Military Graveside Service for Max will be held on Thursday, January 17, 2019, at the Geneva Public Cemetery at 2:00 p.m., with Pastor Nicholas Mount presiding. No visitation - cremation. Memorials are to be directed to Geneva Rescue Department or St. Jude Children's Hospital. Military Honors services by Geneva VFW - Samuel J. Marsh Post 7102 and the Nebraska Military Honor Guard. Max Dean Frankforter was born on August 25, 1942 to Chester Frankforter and Clara (Houser) Frankforter in Belvidere, Nebraska. Max was one of six children in the family. He graduated from Bruning High School in 1961. From 1964 to 1966, Max served in the United States Army. Most of his service time was spent in Italy. After he returned from the service, Max became a member of the Grace Lutheran Church in Geneva where he married Nancy J Hogue on October 20, 1968. Max and Nancy celebrated fifty years of marriage last year. Max worked for the Nebraska State Department of Roads for thirty years; he retired in September of 1997. Max enjoyed hunting, fishing, and working in his garden for most of his life. His family will always remember traveling to Minnesota together to enjoy fishing and staying in cabins overlooking the lake. An avid traveler, Max has also traveled nearly every highway in Nebraska. He is preceded in death by his parents, Chester and Clara Frankforter, and his siblings, Gene Frankforter, Gary Frankforter, and Pamela Worm. Max is survived by his wife, Nancy (Hogue) Frankforter, sisters Rose Brettman of Deshler and Roma Bedlan of Lincoln, and brothers-in-law Bill (Jan) Hogue of Geneva and Clinton Hogue as well as many nieces, nephews, and friends.

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Max Dean Frankforter

August 25, 1942 - January 12, 2019