More detail on this person: Born in Windsor,
Vermont to Arthur Jaesap Franklin and Ann Glynn.
Ed became a ward of an Orphanage in Windsor
during Christmas week of that year. He never met
his parents, had no siblings or any other known
family members. Ed was an active ward at the
orphanage, organizing a milk route for ancillary
funding, active in all sports and excelling in AAU
boxing through age 17. Ed was not adopted but was
popular in the local community and was befriended
by a general contractor who allowed him to learn
and solo a small airplane, beginning at age 14 and
resulting in him earning his license at age 17.
At age 22 in 1959, Ed entered the US Army with
global assignments in his 21-year military career
he rose to the rank of Major. Stints included time
in Vietnam, earning many medals including a
Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Oak Leaf Cluster, Natl
Defense Service Medal, Sr. Army Aviator badge,
Vietnam Service Medal as well as Republic of
Vietnam Gallantry Cross. Ed flew both fixed wing
as well as rotor (helicopter) craft in the
Military, retiring with an Honorable Discharge in
1981.
Ed's post-military career included employment and
self-employment in sales/environmental engineering
where his technical skills resulted in his
establishing his own firm, American Tank
Solutions, Inc.
Ed died peacefully in his sleep at the Veterans
Administration Hospital in Reno, NV on April 6,
2016.
A Military Memorial Service will be held on
Tuesday, 4/19 at 11am at Walton's Funerals &
Cremations, O'Brien, Rogers & Crosby Chapel at
600 West 2nd Street in Reno, followed by a private
reception at Ed's residence in Incline Village
from 1-4pm. Ed is survived by loving friends and
neighbors in his Incline Village, NV community.
This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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