SSVC Alumni Association

SSVC Alumni Association

SSVC Taps: Mr. Frank Frame passed away 1/22/2025

Good afternoon, I know many of you are aware but for those that aren’t, it is with great sadness that I share the news that Mr. Frank Frame passed away on 1/22/2025.  Many of you will remember him as a teacher, coach, curriculum coordinator, principal, assistant superintendent, superintendent and a huge supporter of the school!  He believed in and encouraged the many students of SSVC.  I believe he loved us all!

A celebration of Mr. Frame’s life will be held on March 8th, 2025 at 1:00 PM at the Chambersburg Country Club, 3645 Scotland Road.  All are welcome.  For planning purposes the family is asking if individuals are planning to attend share their intentions at  https://bit.ly/3WEVRER   or by emailing   cffcelebrationoflife@gmail.com .

The Alumni Association would like to help sponsor Mr. Frame’s celebration of life.  If you would like to make a donation, please make checks payable to SSVC Alumni Association, mark in the notes section Mr. Frame’s Celebration of Life. Please send to Vickie Portner Cook, 80 Red Rock Avenue Dover, PA 17315.

Thank  you, Mrs. Frame and Sean Frame for sharing your husband and your father with all of us.

Cards or notes of sympathy can be sent to Mr. Frame and Sean at their home address.

Mrs. Loretta Frame

53 Edgela Drive

Chambersburg, PA 17201

Sean & Michell Frame and Mason (grandson)

1151 N. Whitman Street

Allentown, PA 18104

Obituary

Frank Frame, 84, retired superintendent of Scotland School for Veterans’ Children, passed away on January 22, 2025 at his home in Chambersburg, PA surrounded by his loving family following a sixteen-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.

Born in 1940 in Charleston, WV, to the late Ralph A. Frame, Sr., and Thelma Humphreys Frame, Frank graduated from Stonewall Jackson High in 1958. He received a B.S. in Secondary Education from West Virginia University in 1963 and an M.Ed. in Earth Science from The Pennsylvania State University in 1970. Additionally, he earned certifications in Curriculum and Instruction and as a Secondary Principal from McDaniel College (formerly Western Maryland College) and an Elementary Principal and Letter of Eligibility for Superintendency from Shippensburg University. A lifelong learner, he continued to fuel his curiosity for education, leadership and history throughout this life.

Frank met and married Loretta Palmer in their first teaching assignment in Berlin, MD in 1965. They moved to Ft. Myers, FL where they were blessed with the birth of their son Sean, remaining there for two years before moving to Shippensburg, PA in 1967 when he began working for Scotland School for Veterans’ Children.

Mr. Frame, as he was known at school, remained at SSVC for thirty-two years, retiring in 1999. During his tenure he served as teacher, coach, curriculum coordinator, principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent. Known by his students as a true servant leader, Frank was a man who led by example through outstanding leadership, fostered student academic and personal development through trust, enhancing relationships, and encouraging all of his students to do great things. His impact on the lives of his many students reaches far and wide as he had a very special way of loving people through listening and encouraging them, offering wise counsel and genuine care.

While on sabbatical in 1990-1991 traveling across the US to observe best practices in residential education settings, the Frames received the call that the governor had announced the closure of the school. They immediately came back to Pennsylvania where he sprang into action to align supporters

in the veterans’ community and the state legislature to keep SSVC open. Although he was told it “simply couldn’t be done,” through his efforts and those of his team, they were able to keep the school open for nearly twenty more years. For these stalwart efforts he was the first civilian inducted in the Pennsylvania Military and Veterans’ Affairs Hall of Fame as well as given many citations and awards by veterans’ service organizations at the local and state level.

Following Mr. Frame’s retirement as superintendent in 1999, he was employed for four years as general manager of the Chambersburg Country Club where he enjoyed working with members and staff alike. He also stayed involved with the Foundation for SSVC, an organization he founded in 1996, raising more than $2M to enhance education and student quality of life on campus. He was its executive director in 2010 until the organization’s closure in 2012. He also served a six-year term on the board of the Chambersburg Area Education Foundation.

Frank belonged to multiple professional organizations and received numerous awards, recognitions, and accolades associated with his profession. He also served as a founding member of the Coalition for Residential Education, the international organization for residential excellence. In addition, Frank was a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, the Rotary, Lions and Elks Clubs in various communities as well as the home associations of the VFW and AMVETS.

Above all, Frank cherished his family. He is survived by his wife Loretta, his son Sean, daughter-in-law Michelle, and grandson Mason of Allentown, PA, his brother Bruce (Ruth) of Charleston, WV, brother-in-law Bruce (Pat) Palmer of Salisbury, MD, sister-in-law Barbara Koontz of Salisbury, and many nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brother Ralph, sisters JoAnn Kittiner and Marilyn Stotts, and brother-in-law Calvin Palmer.

In keeping with Frank’s selflessness and service to future generations, he participated in a number of research studies on Parkinson’s Disease at Johns Hopkins Center for Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders. He made the ultimate gift to science and education by bequeathing his body to continue research in hopes of helping future Parkinson’s patients.

A celebration of Frank’s life will be held on March 8th, 2025 at 1:00 PM at the Chambersburg Country Club. All are welcome and the family asks that individuals who plan to attend share their intentions at  https://bit.ly/3WEVRER   or by emailing  cffcelebrationoflife@gmail.com   for planning purposes.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests donations be made to either of the following charities in Frank’s memory:

To support the  Johns Hopkins Center for Movement Disorders , charitable gifts may be made through the Department of Neurology   by   visiting the secure online giving form at  https://secure.jhu.edu/form/neuro . (In the “Please Designate My Gift to Support” section, select “Other” and specify that your donation is for the “Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders Center.”) Donations may be mailed to: Fund for Johns Hopkins Medicine, 550 N. Broadway, Suite 731, Baltimore, MD 21205.To support  The C. Frank Frame Scholarship for SSVC  with the Chambersburg Area Education Foundation, please visit the secure online giving form t  https://secure.qgiv.com/for/casdf/   Donations may be mailed to CAEF, PO Box 44, Scotland, PA 17254.

Although Mr. Frame may no longer walk among us, his light, love, and legacy will live on in the hearts and lives of all who were fortunate enough to know him.

Thank you,  Sean for your post on Facebook.   Thank you,  Angie Lynch for all you are doing for the Frame family.

Scotland Family Forever!

Your Scotland Sister,

Vickie “Portner” Cook ’73

Secretary

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