Frank R. Thurber peacefully passed away on July 7, 2018. Born on July 30, 1932, in East Providence, Rhode Island, he was one of seven children, survived by his sister, Marion Flanagan. He is also survived by three children and six grandchildren: Lisa Thurber and her daughter, Caitlin; Doug Thurber and his wife, Laurie, and daughters, Kayla and Jessica; Diana Sutton and her husband, David, and children, Cameron, Luke, and Brooke. He attended the University of Miami on a baseball scholarship and began teaching at Banyan Elementary in Miami where he met his wife of 50 years, Cynthia, who passed in 2014. His 30-year career as a professor and coach at Miami-Dade College North, is highlighted in the 1995 Congressional Record at https://bit.ly/2ud4yrY.
Services are Friday, July 13 at 1 p.m. at Hollywood Hills United Methodist Church, 400 N. 35 Avenue in Hollywood.
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