Frank Donald Bailey

Colonel Frank Donald Bailey (Ret.), 91, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away peacefully in Paradise Valley, Arizona, on October 4, 2014.

He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on November 26, 1922, to Waldmar Francis and Cassandra Debenham Bailey. He married Cleo Marie Hurst on June 12, 1946 in the Salt Lake City, Utah, temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He graduated from the University of Utah with a degree in journalism.

He had an outgoing personality and made friends wherever he went. He had a strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ, and was an inspiration to many.

Frank was one of the "Greatest Generation." He served proudly in World War II in the United States Army Air Corp as a navigator and bombardier flying in a B-17. He was shot down over Germany in 1944 and was a POW for the remainder of the war. He was later recalled into the military and served in the United States Air Force for 30 years before retiring in 1973 from his last station at Vandenberg AFB, California.

Frank was a tireless worker and took on many jobs after retiring. He served as campaign manager for Orrin Hatch leading up to Senator Hatch's first election to the U.S. Senate in 1976. He served from 1977 to 1980 as Mission President in the Ohio Columbus Mission of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints with Cleo. They loved their missionaries. Frank later retired from Blaine Hudson Printing in Salt Lake City. Frank and Cleo moved from Utah to Arizona in 1993 where he continued to work as a church service missionary for several years.

He is survived by his wife, Cleo Hurst Bailey, and five sons and one daughter: Stanley (Linda), Michael (Glorianne), Brent (Janet), Brian (Jodi), Wade (Merri), and Carla (Kent) Ipson, and one sister, Annette Ingersoll. He has 24 grandchildren and 50 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Rex and Ralph Bailey, two sisters, Barbara Hales and Margene Bagley, and one great-grandson, Joshua Ipson.

Funeral Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 11, 2014 at the Greenway Ward chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located at 4242 East Waltann Lane in Phoenix, Arizona. A viewing will be held from 9-10 am just before the funeral. There will be a graveside service held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, October 13 at Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park located at 3401 South Highland Drive in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Messages to the family can be posted at: www.HolbrookMortuary.com