Mourning the Passing of Friends: Forthcoming Funeral Service

“What we have once enjoyed we can never lose.All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.” ~ Helen Keller Forthcoming funeral services are planned for the following friends from our community. Complete versions of these obituaries may also be found in The Payson Chronicle.

Franklin Delano Selman

Franklin D. Selman (Frank) passed away peacefully at an assisted living facility February 14th, 2020 after a long illness of heart disease, kidney disease and diabetes. He resided in Glendale Arizona.

He was born November 27, 1936 to Royal Richmond Selman and Rebecca Eliza Olsen in Payson, Utah. He graduated from Payson High School in 1955. He is the youngest of 11 children. He is survived by sisters Joan (Ray) Vanleuwen, Mary Lee Boswell  and Georgia (Blaine) Boyer.

Frank joined the United States Army in January 1958 which sent him to Alaska for 2 years. He married Patsy Ruth Griggs (Patt) on January 13, 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They moved to Arizona in the spring of 1963.

Frank spent many years as a finance manager which took he and his family to Oklahoma and Texas. They ultimately moved back to Arizona for good. He loved to travel, especially to Utah, California and Laughlin, Nevada. Tennis was his passion and he would go to the Phoenix tennis center daily to play. He traveled in and out of the state for tennis tournaments. He loved St. George Utah where he traveled for senior tennis games every October.

He is survived by his wife Patt , 2 children, Kellie (Jeff) Hume and Daniel Selman, 5 grandchildren Candice, Melissa, Joey, Amy and Tyler and 4 great grandchildren.