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Home Town Philadelphia
Last Address High Point, NC
Date of Passing Oct 30, 2011
Location of Interment Oakwood Memorial Park - High Point, North Carolina
Frank Kenneth Caulfield, age 88, formally of Fair Oaks Lane, High Point, NC, passed away Sunday, October 30, 2011 at the Hospice Home in High Point.
He was born December 20, 1922 in Philadelphia, PA to James and Laura Bell Riley. Frank was educated in the Philadelphia public and Catholic school system, including John Bartram High School. He married Irene Joan Granata on May 1, 1948 and together they had four children. He was a member of Christ the King Catholic Church in High Point, NC.
Frank proudly served the United States Navy for 24 years, retiring from active duty on April 26, 1967. Frank and his family lived all across the United States including Oahu, Hawaii and Key West, FL. During his service career, he served on USS submarines: ODAX, SEA POACHER, BASS, CATFISH, CORPORAL, TANG, BLUEGILL, and the nuclear submarine the SSBN SAM RAYBURN. He also served aboard the USS TINSMAN, a destroyer escort and was a recruiting officer for 2 years. During his service he was awarded the American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon (1 Star), Philippine Liberation Ribbon (1 Star), Good Conduct Ribbon (Silver Star), Victory Medal WWII, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Europe Clasp, and the National Defense Service (Bronze Star).
After his career in the Navy, Frank was a member of the Fleet Reserve. He and his family moved to High Point, NC where he became the Food Service Director of High Point College (High Point University). He joined VFW Post 219 and Submarine Veterans – Tarheel Branch and on January 1, 2006, was awarded membership into the Holland Club for being qualified in submarines for more than 50 years. Frank retired from High Point College after 18 years.
Frank was preceded in death by his parents, his daughter Mary Ann Caulfield, his beloved wife of 62 years, 2 brothers, Roger and Larry Caulfield and a sister, Dorothy Caulfield McLaughlin. He leaves to cherish his memory, daughter Adele Schiller and her husband, Ed of St. Charles, MO, sons Brian Caulfield and his wife, Rayma of High Point, NC and Kevin Caulfield of Burgaw, NC, seven grandchildren: Briana Ernsting and her husband James, Jenny Speck, Allison Schiller, Katie Caulfield, Riley Caulfield and his wife, Lauren, Brian Patrick Caulfield and Erin Schiller, 3 great grandchildren: Rachel Speck, Gunnar Ernsting, and Savannah Caulfield. He is also survived by a brother, James Caulfield of Margate NJ and a sister, Helen Caulfield Stecklair of Springfield, PA.
The family would like to give a special thanks to the staff at Hospice Home of High Point for their compassionate and loving care of Pop. You are truly an outstanding group of individuals. Pop found a new friend in Malcolm, his Hospice Volunteer.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until the hour of the service. A funeral service will be held Wednesday at 11:30 am in Sechrest Funeral Chapel with the Reverend Father Gnanapragasam Mariasoosai officiating. Entombment with full military honors will follow the service in Oakwood Memorial Park Mausoleum.
Memorials may be directed to Hospice of the Piedmont, 1801 Westchester Drive, High Point, NC 27262. Please offer condolences with the family at their website www.sechrestfunerals.com.
The USS Corporal SS-346 was named for the corporal, an alternate name for the fallfish, found in streams of the eastern United States. The Corporal is a Balao- class submarine launched on June 10 1945 by Electric Boat Co., Groton Connecticut and sponsored by Mr.s H.C. Wick. Corporal was commissioned on November 9 1945 with Commander E. E. Shelby in command. Corporal reported to the Atlantic Fleet.
She arrived at her base in Key West, Florida and took part in antisubmarine warfare projects and fleet exercises off Florida and Bermuda and in the Caribbean. After widespread modernization of the ship, she returned to Key West in March of 1948. She left in July of 1952 for her first tour of duty in the Mediterranean with the 6th Fleet from July 15 1952 to October 15. She also participated in large-scale fleet exercises in the Atlantic and Caribbean.From March 11 to the 16 of May, 1957, she cruised to the British Isles and when she returned to Key West, she continued training and services to the Fleet Sonar School. There she operated in ordinance tests and then in August 1959 Charleston, South Carolina became her home port.
USS Corporal was converted to a Guppy III configuration and continued to operate throughout the 60’s and the early part of the 70s. She assisted in various capacities during the Cold War making regular “Northern” runs across the Arctic Circle, regular “Mediterranean Cruises” and trained submarine sailors in accordance with the Submarine School in New London, Connecticut.
Other Memories Through 1958 and 1959, she operated frequently in ordnance tests, and from August 1959, when Charleston, South Carolina, became her home port, cruised widely along the east coast. In December 1960 Corporal sailed to visit Germany and then join the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean.
USS Corporal was converted to a Guppy III configuration and continued to operate throughout the 1960s