Click here to view the Video Tribute for George George William Fronk, age 96, of 417 W Main Street, Valley View, passed away Sunday, February 7, 2010 at Saint Catherine Memorial Hospital, Fountain Springs. He was born on Monday, June 30, 1913 in Aristes, a son of the late George L Fronk and the late Olive (Richards) Fronk. He was a 1931 graduate of the former Conygham Twp High School, Aristes. He was a coal miner and had also owned the Fronk Machine Shop and Trucking Company. He was a member of St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Valley View. He was also a former Boy Scout Leader and a former Deputy Game Warden, a former member of the Valley View Gun Club, the Valley View Fire Company, the Valley View Park Association, and the Independent Coal Miners Association. He took pride in and loved his family. He enjoyed the outdoors and gardening. In recent years his most memorable moments were hunting with his son at the cabin in Clearfield County. He was an avid hunter. He was preceded in death by two brothers Elmer and Wilbert Fronk, and by two sisters Annie and Jean Fronk. He is survived by his wife, M. Jean Fronk, to whom he was married for 71 years. He is also survived by two sons, John L Fronk and his wife, Elizabeth of Millersburg and James W Fronk and his wife, Diane of Orlando, FL; three daughters, Ann L Schiliro and her husband, Pete of Warrington, Janice M Hodge and her husband, Gary of Camarillo, CA, and Jean M Herb and her husband, Jack of Hegins; eleven grandchildren, eight great grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held at St. Andrew's United Methodist Church, Valley View, on Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 2 p.m. with Rev Richard Berg officiating. A viewing was held from 1 to 2 p.m. on Thursday at the church. Burial was made in St. Andrew's Cemetery, Valley View. Buffington-Reed Funeral Home, Valley View, was in charge of arrangements. Condolences can be left for the family at www.buffingtonreed.com .