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John Frontone
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[December
04, 2008]
A
memorial service for John Frontone will be at noon Saturday at
Neighbors to Nations Community Church. Visitation will be from 11
a.m. until the service time.
Mr. Frontone, 53, died Nov. 8, 2008, at Abraham Lincoln
Memorial Hospital. |
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He is best known for teaching band and music theory
at New Wine Christian School from 1991-2001. He
previously served as minister of music at the Second
Baptist Church in Herrin from 1975-1976 and as
minister of music and youth at First Baptist Church
in Petersburg from 1976-1978. In 1982 he founded
Petra Energy, where he served as president and
managing partner until 1991. John Francis Frontone
was born Sept. 9, 1955, in East Liverpool, Ohio. He
married Kathleen Marie in Mesa, Ariz., on May 24,
1974.
He is survived by his wife of 34 years, of
Lincoln; his father, Jack Frontone of Mesa, Ariz.;
his mother, Teri VanderHeiden of Las Vegas, Nev.;
four children, Kevin Frontone of Aurora, Jonae
Cheger of Lincoln, Terae Snedeker of Norfolk, Va.,
and Jachin Frontone of Greensboro, N.C.; and two
grandchildren.
As director of the New Wine Christian School
Marching Band, he also wrote songs for the band and
cadences for the drum corps. He directed multiple
award-winning students in national competitions and
directed the band in a wide array of community
events such as the annual Christmas parade, balloon
festival and presidential campaign appearances. |
He graduated from Westwood High School in Mesa,
Ariz., in 1973 and majored in music at Arizona State
University.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the
John Frontone Memorial Fund, 436 Fifth St. in
Lincoln.
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