He was born April 20, 1933 in Chicopee, Massachusetts and moved to Port Charlotte in 1987 from South Hadley, Massachusetts. He was a member of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. He will be missed by all who loved and knew him.
Franklin is survived by his loving wife of 55 years, Jeannette; three daughters, Claudia N. Nolf of Grand Rapids, MI, Susan Paul of Port Charlotte, FL and Donna Marie Wojciechowski of South Hadley, MA; three brothers, William Paul of Holyoke, MA, Edward and Thomas Paul of Chicopee, MA; four sisters, Elaine Sicotte of South Hadley, MA, Claire and Shirley Blanchard of Chicopee, MA and Barbara Germain of Arizona; 6 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.