Frank Earl Burnham

Frank Earl Burnham, 100, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014. Service: 2 p.m. Saturday at Mountain Valley Funeral Home. No visitation scheduled. Frank was born Dec. 3, 1913, in West Haven, Conn. He loved working for the U.S. Postal Service, meeting people, baseball and bowling. He was active in bowling leagues until he was 90. Frank enjoyed exercising, riding bicycles and being outdoors. He was very active in his great-grandchildren's lives. Frank was preceded in death by his wife, Mabel 'Elizabeth Burnham; son, Frank Richard Burnham; daughter, Patricia Joann Maiden; brother, Fred Burnham; son-in-law, Charles Philip Schmidt; sister, Bernice Perkins; and mother, Caroline Goodwin. Survivors: Daughter, Allena Schmidt of Miamisburg, Ohio; grandsons, Bill Schmidt and wife, Teleisha, of Crowley, Dave Burnham and wife, Marcy, of Kalamazoo, Mich., Chris Burnham of Snoqualmie, Wash.; granddaughters, Amy Schmidt of Dayton, Ohio, and Teresa Maiden of West Carrolton, Ohio; sister, Dorothy Jewett of West Carrollton, Ohio; great-grandchildren, Stetson, Sienna and Skyler Schmidt, Allena Brown and Max Burnham; and all his Texas family, the Hacklers and Clarks, extended family and friends.