Biography

10/06/1889 - 07/07/1950

PENTRACK, Frank J., a Representative from Cambria County; born, October 6, 1889 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.; attended, Columbus School of Embalming; attended, Eckels College of Mortuary Science, Philadelphia; served, active member, Civil Defense; mortician and funeral director; elected, Johnstown School Board; elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1944 and 1948; appointed, Joint State Government Commission Sub-Committee on Fish and Game Commissions (1945-1946); unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1946); died while in office, July 7, 1950 in Johnstown, Cambria County, Pennsylvania; interred, Grandview Cemetery, Southmont, Cambria County, Pennsylvania.