FRANK DAVIDSON 1948 - 1982 STATION MANAGER, DIRECTOR-OPERATIONAL SERVICES, DIRECTOR-FUEL ADMINISTRATION BIL DEN OBITUARY DAVIDSON, FRANK LEWIS Frank Lewis Davidson passed away May 29, 2003 at the age of 86. He is survived by his loving wife Kathryn Davidson; children Myke Davidson, Littleton, CO, Kathy Hancock, Plano, TX; grandchildren Nancy Hancock, Plano, TX, Keith Hancock, Portland, OR; great-grandchildren Catherine and Alexander Hancock, Portland, OR. There will be a cremation and no memorial service. -Denver Newspaper Agency (6/2/2003) As I recall, Frank had a disagreement with his boss and quit. He was hired by an oil corp. FL then had to get Frank to make their fuel purchases as none of them had the connections or the knowledge to bargain with the oil Companies. He even had NRPS travel and made more money. Some where along the line I lost track of him. He and I built the fuel farm at RIW and worked several deals at LNK for good fuel purchases. I spent many days with him working with AV fuel. -Glenn Emmons (7/29/03) Re Frank Davidson.. He was a very good friend. JBM and I had talked with on the fone just before he died. He prob did retire before the shutdown. Believe he was 85 or 86. He came to CHA in '48 after a number of years with CO. He started in BIL as a combo Sales Mgr and Stn Spvsr. In fact he gave me my first Mgr job in WRL in the Fall of '48. He later became the Communications guru for the company for many many years. He then went into fuel contracts about 1970. But I believe he would best be remembered as Mr. Communications for FL. We worked closely over the years (Res and Comm were always like hand-in-glove). He and I were instrumental in selecting IBM as the vendor to computerize Res and Comm. He died on May 29 of Cancer of the liver. He wanted no services. Affectionately known as "FUD" because of his TWX sign..FD. -Bill Monday (7/29/03) Frank L. Davidson was in Frontier communications and fuel procurement in DEN. Frank joined the ranks of those special people who have "Gone West". Frank was my boss for many years and a guiding force in my working world. Frank passed away May 29, 2003 at the age of 86. His widow Kay has sold her home in Aurora, CO and re-located mear their son Myke who lives in Littleton, CO. I know there were a lot of FL people who admired and loved Frank. He was a fun person to be around but also encouraged his employees to get the job done. Frank also had a daughter, Kathy, in Plano, TX. He was cremated and no memorial services. -Nellie Schneider (8/2/03) Thoughts of "Fud" bring back some fond memories. He just loved to give shoulder and back rubs to some of us youngsters (at the time) as we were hard at work over our manual typewriters. We all loved to see him come into the office - always with a smile and a joke!! When someone new came along and experienced his wonderful shoulder rub, he'd say in an innocent voice - I studied to be a massage therapist but I didn't pass the test - MY HAND SLIPPED. I know Jeanne Hanson will remember this, too. -Ann Yanulavich (8/2/03) My grandfather was Dir. of Oper Services way back when.. He passed in 2003, Frank L. Davidson... I have a nice pic of him at age 25 in his Continental uniform ( sorry, not Frontier, but it is where he started.) :-) I'll get one of him, mid-aged, this weekend and scan and send..:-) I'm Nancy Hancock. I'm going to see my grandmother, Frank's wife, Kathryn for memorial day up in the Denver area. I was going to take this info to her. Also, I read where a few people commented on the Frank_Davidson page about grandpa. I was going to find out how to reach them to get info on what it was like to work w/ grandpa etc. I sent a piece of memorabilia to Bill Monday when grandpa died. I'll find the copy I made and send it to you via email. It is a fake travel card on a made up airline.. he carried it until his death. He received it his first day at work from his coworkers, one being Bill Monday. Any idea how I can reach Glenn Emmons or Nellie Schneider or even Jeanne Hanson? I really would like to get some "stories" about grandpa to add to my family tree information. Again, I'll forward a "non Continental Airlines" photo to you this weekend :-) -Nancy Hancock (4/14/05) FRANK L DAVIDSON Born 11 Dec 1916 Died 29 May 2003 Age 86 At 80127 Littleton, Jefferson County, CO SSN issued in Iowa -SSDI (4/14/05) Thank you for posting the obit of Frank Davidson. I have often thought of Frank over the years, he was truly a wonderful person. I worked with Frank along with Kenneth Dedrick and Nellie, Bea and others. Frank had a wonderful spot in many of our hearts. I also see many names of folks that I have worked with in the past. So hello to Nellie, Bill and Barb Monday and many others that I remember with warm thoughts. Please drop me a line at my email address - bfpach@hotmail.com Thanks again, Jake, for all the good work. -Ben Pacheco (4/14/05) Bill Monday has the card I can't seem to find to send you. I'm going to also email him to see if he can send me a copy of it. When I go to Grandmas this May, I'll make a copy of a certificate he has framed.. It was a joke, but appears to be a BEAUTIFUL certificate that seems to be in German.. it is actually a made up pattern of words. This is so neat that you are putting SO MUCH work into this... I hope you know it is appreciated !! p.s. I'm going to try to call Nellie today. -Nancy Hancock (4/20/05) I was informed by the daughter of my boss at FAL (Frank L. Davidson who passed several years ago) that Frank's wife Kay Davidson passed 5/1/10. Frank was director of communications & fuel procurement during his tenure at FAL. She lived in the Littleton area and there will be no formal services. Thought perhaps other FAL people would like to know of the passing of a very elegant lady & a staunch Rockies (Colorado) fan. -Nellie Schneider (5/7/10) Frank Davidson: director-operational services, DENXZ per the Jan 1, 1970 FL telephone directory. Frank Davidson - Director-Fuel Administration, DENPF per the Nov 1977 FL Quick Reference Directory. Tim Reilly is listed as Director-Fuel Purchasing in the 1978 directory. Frank is not listed in the 1979 directory. He's listed at DENPF in the Dec 1980 and Jan 1982 directories but no title given. He is not listed in the Jan 1983 directory. I'll assume he retired in 1982 when he was 66 years old. -Jake Lamkins (6/19/10) FLacebook - FL Club DEN director-fuel administration Frank Davidson's memorial webpage has been updated. http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Frank_Davidson.html Several items added. -Jake Lamkins (9/26/14)