Douglas Parks Frank

April 5, 1957 Douglas Parks Frank was born to Patricia Susan Parks Frank and Edward Allen Frank in Independence, Missouri. Doug left this world November 3, 2026, in Martin City, Missouri.

Doug had many interests and traveled extensively throughout his life. Early in his career, he was a firefighter in Kirksville, Missouri, before pursuing and earning a degree in drug and alcohol counseling at Missouri Valley University, Marshall, Missouri. He spent many years living in Las Vegas, Nevada before returning home in 2010. Doug had a big, generous heart and a loving soul and is deeply missed by those who love him.

Doug is survived by his sister, Susan Frank Richardson, Leawood, Kansas, one niece, Hilary Richardson Ceman, her husband, Anthony Paul Ceman, M.D., and their three children, Charles, Theodore and Darby of Leawood, Kansas; nephew, Robert Gregory Frank, and his three children, Tyler, Daniel and Katie, and Katie’s fiancé, Brian, and their two and soon-to-be three children, of Harrisonville, Missouri; and nephew Brandon Frank, of Australia.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and brother, Gregory Edward Frank, and nephew, Jeffrey Lee Frank.

A memorial service in Leawood, Kansas is being planned and further details will be posted at a later date.