Frank Brabec

Frank Brabec, 78, of Elgin, passed away Thursday morning, September 27, 2018. Frank was born on February 14, 1940, in Fallon, Nevada to Paul Frank Brabec and Antoinette Ottilia LeFebure Brabec. After graduating from Hastings High School in Hastings, Minnesota, Frank joined the United States Air Force, where he served honorably until 1964. Frank discharged from the Air Force and enlisted in the United States Navy, where he served honorably for another four years. Frank found his passion for electronics while serving in the military; particularly in communications. After serving in the military, he excelled in the private sector, during the early days of computers, when education didn’t exist; everything was new and had to be innovated.

Frank volunteered for the Department of Natural Resources as an instructor for the Hunter Education and Firearms Safety programs, in both Minnesota and South Carolina. He was a Certified Rifle Marksmanship Instructor for the NRA. Frank was an avid photographer; he owned and operated Nature’s Montage Photography for many years. Frank especially loved German Short Hair Pointers! – He had several loyal companions over the years.

Frank is preceded in the death by both his parents, Paul Frank Brabec and Antoinette Ottilia LeFubure Brabec. He is survived by his two sons, Chad Brabec and Sean Paul Brabec and his wife Lori Nelson Brabec; his brother, Paul Robert “Bob” Brabec and his wife Michele “Mitzi;” his two grandchildren, Mitchell Robert Brabec and Mackenzie Nelson; his nephew, Scott Brabec and Wife Melissa; and his niece, Cheri and her husband John Storkamp.

The family request that Memorial Contributions be made, in Frank Brabec’s Memory to the Rocky Mountain ELK Foundation, Ducks Unlimited Conservation of Texas, and the Wilderness Society.