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Carole Frank, 67
Wellfleet summer resident was passionate Democrat
Carole Frank, 67, of Westford, died on Oct. 28 after a brief illness and a hard fight, not long after the death of her husband, Sam.
For Mrs. Frank, life was an aesthetic discipline; her instincts were classical. Consideration for a roofline, the drape of wool, and the last necessary pinch of salt were no different than consideration for her fellow creatures. Life demanded respect for principle and proportion.
Mrs. Frank’s activism was fueled by her hatred of ugliness. She found greed and selfishness deeply offensive and believed our best hope for security lay in spreading wealth and risk. She favored social insurance, graduated income tax, rent control and the American with Disabilities Act, and she campaigned hard with and for those who shared her views. Her telephone book was coded to show which of her neighbors went to the polls and their party affiliation, and she saw nothing unethical in bullet voting.
Mrs. Frank had strong views on giving, believing most fundamentally that gifts lack grace if they come with strings attached. She paid tuition without requiring a vote on coursework or career, and played angel to aspiring chefs, builders and musicians who paid her back when they could or didn’t when they couldn’t. She maintained that the best cure for the blues was to do something nice for someone else.
She was a terrific bowler, a graceful dancer and a scary-good jumper of rope. She could empty your wallet in an evening of rummy and enjoyed doing so. She grew up with her ear glued to the radio and knew thousands of lyrics and tunes. She summered in Wellfleet, matching wits with hungry rabbits and painting her porch the color of the sea.
She is survived by her grandson, Sam, who respected her as the family’s best pitcher; by her sister Jerry and brother-in-law Ed, and by their children and grandchildren; and by her son Michael and daughter Lisa.
A celebration of her life was held Nov. 2 at Parish Center for the Arts in Westford. She disliked the practice of sending flowers for the dead; honor her by giving a bouquet to someone you love, by making a gift to the Whitney-Herrick Fund, Box 152, Westford, MA 01886, by paying your taxes, and, if you’re a Democrat, by voting.
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Robert A. Bumps, 94
Dorothy A. Virgilio, 76
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Nov 8th, 2007