Graveside services for Frank James Carpenter, III, 3 months, will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, November 27, 2009 at Valley View Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Manhattan, KS with Reverend Charles Scott officiating. Visitation will be held prior to the service from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Johnson Chapel, 203 N. Washington Street, Junction City, KS.
Baby Frank passed away at his residence on November 24, 2009 due to his illness of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. In lieu of flowers the family has requested that memorial contributions be given to the Ronald McDonald House, 2501 Cherry Street, Kansas City, MO 64108.
Baby Frank was born August 4, 2009 Fort Riley, KS to Frank Carpenter, Jr. and Joanne Guilday.
He is survived by his parents, Frank Carpenter, Jr., and Joanne Guilday, brother, Jeremias Wilcox, maternal grandparents, Steve and his wife Andrea Guilday and Jutta Guilday, aunt Sam Cockrell and uncle Alex Cockrell all of Junction City, KS, paternal grandparents, Frank Carpenter, Sr. and his wife Danielle Newcomb, his uncle,Taylor Carpenter, his aunt, Ashley Carpenter his uncle and aunt Roberto and Taneika Cotoguttierez all of Wamego, KS, uncle and aunt, Ian and Sade Long of Manhattan, KS, great-grandmother, Erika Haas, great uncles and aunts, Gernot and Vera Gutjahr, Peter and Heide Endes, second cousins, Tatjana and Sven Endes all of Germany.