Frank Kehner

Frank Kehner, 90, of Massillon passed away peacefully on May 25, 2023, at Meadow Wind Heath Care Center.

Frank was born on October 14, 1932, in Suffield, Ohio, to Fred & Clara Kehner. He grew up an avid fisherman in northeast Ohio with his brother, Fred Kehner, and spent his teenage years with extended family in North Carolina.

Frank was a resident of Massillon since 1959. After serving in the US Navy, he worked as a weather specialist for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration at the Akron-Canton Regional Airport and regularly broadcasted weather reports on WHBC-AM radio. He retired in 1992 and spent the winters as a snowbird with his wife, Ann, in The Villages, Florida, where he enjoyed many activities including karaoke and remote-control boating.

Frank is survived by his wife of 64 years, Ann Kehner; his children and their spouses, Kathy & Terry Feichter, and Tom & Kathy Kehner; his grandchildren & their spouses, Brad Feichter, Matt & Nerivnea Feichter, Molly Feichter, Stephen & Kristen Kehner, Emily Kehner, and Brian & Hayley Kehner; and his great grandsons, Theo and Cam Kehner.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 2:00PM on Friday, June 2, 2023, at St. Barbara’s Catholic Church in Massillon. The family will receive friends beginning at 1:00PM in the Narthex of St. Barbara’s. Following the Mass, interment at Calvary Cemetery in Massillon will be attended by immediate family only.

In lieu of flowers, memorial tributes can be made in the form of charitable donations to the Aultman Hospice & Compassionate Care Center via the Aultman Foundation. (https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E360384&id=9)

Paquelet Funeral Home & Crematory

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