Frank Gaskill

Newspaper obituary

Bay Pines, Fla. — Word has been received of the death Saturday in Bay Pines, Fla., of former Hillsdale resident Frank Gaskill.

Gaskill, 59, had operated Frank’s Refinery Station on Carleton Road for a number of years.

A resident of Largo, Fla., he died in a Veterans Administration Hospital.

He had been seriously injured during World War II when his tank sustained a direct hit by a German shell.

Gaskill had been a member of the local chapter of Veterans of Foreign Wars and of the Leigh A. Wright Post, No. 53, American Legion.

Surviving are his widow, Evelyn, and daughter Marsha, both of whom live in Largo; and a son, Barry, who is a career U.S. Army man stationed at Ft. Hood, Texas. Four grandchildren survive.

The funeral will be held Tuesday in the Evans Funeral Home, Clearwater, Fla., with burial to be in Serenity Gardens, Largo.