Frank Anthony Mlynarczyk, Jr passed away on February 8 after a long and happy life. Frank was born in Hammond, Indiana on September 27, 1936. After getting caught smoking one too many times at St. Bonaventure, he graduated from Bishop Noll High School, then spent four years touring the world for the US Navy as a radarman on a destroyer. He married Joyce Elizabeth Elbers on August 20, 1960. He retired from Inland Steel in 1991 and spent his golden years on “the farm” in Lowell, where he thoroughly enjoyed mowing grass, planting random trees and adopting any wild animal he found in the barn.
Frank was preceded in death by his mother, Mary, and his father, Frank Sr. He is survived by his wife, Joyce; his sons Andrew (Deanna), John, Anthony, Steven and Sam (Julie), and his daughter Ann (Nick), along with his grandchildren, Gregory (Molly), Calvin (Aftan), Thomas (Khloe), Zachary, Christian, Nathan, Natalie, Sara and Isabel; plus his great-grandchildren Freya, Ivy and Charlotte. He is also survived by his sisters Barbara (Phil), Joan, Melanie and his brother Adrian (Darlene).
Services will be held at St. Mathias church in Crown Point on March 2, 2024, at 10:00 am.