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Frank H. Platt U.S. Army WWII
Frank H. Platt U.S. Army WWII
 
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When Frank Hinchman Platt was born on June 6, 1913, in New York, New York, his father, Edwin, was 28 and his mother, Agnes, was 26. He had two brothers and one sister. He died on June 20, 1990, in Greenwich, Connecticut, at the age of 77.. In Rye his family lived at 135 Grandview Ave. Frank served as an officer in the U.S. Army during World War II.
Date of Birth: 6/6/1913
Died On: 6/20/1990
Street Address: 135 Grandview Ave
Service Number: unknown
Branch of Service: U.S. Army-WWII


Veteran Code: USARMY-515


BIOGRAPHY
 
FRANK HINCHMAN PLATT

Platt, Audrey Audrey Achelis Platt, April 22, 1915 - October 2, 2012 Mrs. Audrey Achelis Platt of Greenwich, Connecticut died peacefully surrounded by family at Greenwich Hospital on October 2, 2012 at the age of 97. She was the daughter of Helen Bruff Achelis and Frederic George Achelis.

She attended the Greenwich Academy and Miss Hall's School. She discovered her talent for oil painting during a year of study in Florence, Italy; she served as a nurse's aide at Greenwich Hospital during The Second World War; and she was active in the Green Fingers Garden Club of Greenwich. She loved gardening, dancing and sailing. She and her husband were avid golfers at The Round Hill Club. She was also a member of The Field Club and a former member of The Belle Haven Club. She created delightful vacation homes in St. Croix and North Stonington. Reading was a constant passion to the last day of her life.

Predeceased by her husband Frank Hinchman Platt II, she is survived by her daughter Deborah Platt Sterling, also of Greenwich, Connecticut, her sons Richard Booth Platt and his wife Diane Graham Platt of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, and Jeremy Bruff Platt and his wife Sondra Louise Murphy of Palo Alto, California; her sister Gertrude Scherman of Scottsville, Virginia and her husband E. Sykes; eight grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Her Greenwich area grandchildren are Robert Livingston Sterling, William Lee Sterling and Cameron Platt Sterling. Her other grandchildren are Richard Booth Platt, Jr., Huntington Woods, MI; Anne Platt Barrows, Philadelphia, PA; Matthew Summers, Arlington, VA; Katherine Elsa Platt, Davis, CA; and Samuel Francis Platt, Boston, MA.


FRANK HINCHMAN PLATT

Platt, a retired lawyer and conservationist, died Wednesday in Greenwich, Conn., after a brief illness. He was 77. Piatt was a former partner in the New York law firm of Bleakley and Piatt. He was active in Greenwich civic affairs and also was chairman of the Little Cumberland Island Association in Georgia, which has maintained a sea turtle breeding ground for 27 years.
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