MOUNT STERLING - Frank U. Baptist, 86, of Mount STERLING died Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, at Heritage Manor Nursing Home in Mount STERLING.

He was born May 26, 1918, in Jacksonville, the son of Manual and Ada Menezes Baptist. He married Doris Pahlmann in 1964 in Bluffs.

Mr. Baptist was a 1935 graduate of Jacksonville High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and received the Purple Heart for injuries received in the Battle of the Bulge. He worked for J.I. Case Co. in the Quad Cities, Diller Tile Co. in Mount STERLING and along with his wife owned and operated Frado Lanes Bowling Alley in Mount STERLING.

He was a member of Northminister Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville and attended the Mount STERLING First Lutheran Church. He was a member of the Brown County VFW Post 10399, Mount STERLING American Legion Post 374 and Rolling Greens Golf Club in Mount STERLING.

Survivors: wife, Doris; two daughters, Jenny (husband, Joe) Dawdy of White Hall and Sandy (husband, Gary) West of Jacksonville; son, Frank U. "Buz" (wife, Barbara) Baptist Jr. of Jacksonville; four grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two nephews; and several cousins.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Hendricker Funeral Home, Mount STERLING, the Rev. Joe Eckman officiating. Burial: Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, near Bluffs.