CALCUTTA – Frank E. Kraft, of Sprucevale Road, passed away Tuesday evening, July 25, 2023, while surrounded by his loving family. He was 76.

Born in East Liverpool, February 20, 1947, he was a son of the late James and Mary Wilson Kraft. A lifetime area resident, he was a self-employed truck driver for many years where he was associated with PGT trucking company. A member of the East Liverpool High School Class of 1968, he was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and served in Korea. He attended Beechwood Free Methodist Church and loved the Pittsburgh Steelers and country music.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded by his wife, Paula Jean Herron Kraft, on December 6, 2005. The couple married April 8, 1972. He was also preceded by a daughter, Carey Ann Thomas, and a brother, Bill Kraft.

Left to cherish his memory are his two daughters, Marla Hughes and her husband, Huck, of Calcutta, and Jamie Severs of Leetonia. There are six grandchildren: Kaylyn Cochran and her husband, Justin, Hannah Hughes, Logan Thomas, Lauren Thomas, Kylie Severs, and Brenden Severs, as well as two great-grandchildren: Ella and Eli Cochran.

He is also survived by four sisters, Laverna Quinn, Marylou Pridemore, Dianna Parish, and Patty Henson, and three brothers, James Kraft II, Gary Kraft and Tom Kraft.

Family and friends may visit Friday afternoon and evening at the Dawson Funeral Home where the family will be present from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Rev. Norman Eckert will conduct a funeral service Saturday at 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be at Columbiana County Memorial Park where the Tri-State Veterans Burial Group will conduct military honors.

Following the service, family and friends will gather at the Dawson Family Center for fellowship.

Memorial contributions may be made to Ronald McDonald House Northeast Ohio, 141 West State Street, Akron, Ohio or online at https://www.rmhcneo.org/ways-to-give/donate/.