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Everyone who knew Frank, or "Bubba" to some, always said the same thing. "He was a good guy!" He was one of those people about whom you really could say that there was not a mean bone in his body. He was kind, generous and helpful to all. He made friends easily and often. Because of his career, the US Navy, and his own sense of adventure, it seems Frank left a friend in every place he went. Even up to the end the checkers at HEB and What-a-burger were a source of new friends and an audience for another story. Frank loved the outdoors. That included everything from snow skiing in Colorado, jet skiing at Canyon Lake, to backpacking in Big Bend and of course photography. His favorite vacation was rafting down the Colorado River, a week-long adventure. He would often entertain us about the geology of the Rockies and how you could be sitting on a Proterozoic era, while your head rested the Paleozoic times, hundreds of millions of years in between. It never ceased to amaze him. Frank had a voracious appetite for reading. You never saw him without a book or the newspaper. He was a crossword puzzle genius. Frank loved his dogs. He leaves behind his adopted black lab, Macy. She will miss him dearly. A 1966 graduate of Robert E. Lee High School, Frank played football Center #50 on the varsity squad. From Lee he attended Texas A&M and then joined the Navy in 1970. He worked for IBM as a Customer Engineer for many years while living in Houston. He made many friends while working at IBM dealing with various bank customers. Later he traveled the whole country doing contract work for the US Postal Service. Frank had a story to tell from every city in the U.S. After that he settled in San Antonio to be close to family. He would tell and retell stories of all the fun times he had. While living in San Antonio he worked for Valero and then retired in 2010. Surviving family members are sister Phyllis Graham Ken and brother Robert West Maria both of San Antonio. He is also survived by a daughter, Jennifer Stiltner Jeff of Flower Mound, TX and grandson Nathan. Frank always considered Jennifer to be the best thing that ever happened in his life. SERVICES Visitation will be from 7:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at Mission Park Funeral Chapels North, 3401 Cherry Ridge Drive. The Graveside Service will be on Thursday, December 3, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. at Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery.

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Frank G. West

July 28, 1948 - November 25, 2015