Montpelier, VT Frank J. Lanza, 96 of 38 Terrace Street died on June 22, 2020 at Heaton Woods. He was born on February 14, 1924 in Concord, NH, the son of Thomas and Carmela (Vitale) Lanza. He graduated from Concord High School in 1941. After high school, Frank attended the University of New Hampshire and on November 24, 1942 while in college he enlisted in the United States Air Force. He was called to active duty on March 15 1943. He and other college students took their basic training at Miami Beach Florida. He was assigned to attend technical training at AAF Chanute Field in the state of Illinois and graduated as a Parachute Rigger. He spent eleven months at advance training of Cadets at Yuma Arizona before shipping out from Jackson Barracks in New Orleans where he was assigned to the 20th Troop Carrier Squadron 6th Air Force. He joined a convoy and ended up at Panama Canal where he spent the rest of World War II until his honorable discharge on January 20, 1946. It was then that he fell in love with Shirley Bonneau and was married on June 19, 1948. They celebrated their 72nd anniversary this year. Upon his return from World War II he finished his bachelors of Science degree and graduated in 1948. Frank worked as a geologist for the Magna Copper Company in Superior, Arizona for several years before moving back to New England where he worked for the Appalachian Sulfide Company in South Strafford, VT. He later became Vermont's Chief Geologist for the Department of Transportation, where he retired after 28 years. Frank and his wife were fortunate to enjoy traveling extensively to many places all over the world. They spent their winters in New Symrna Florida and their summers on Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire Survivors include his wife, Shirley B. Lanza; sons, Robert W. Lanza and his wife Susan of Osprey, FL and Richard Lanza and his wife Catherine of Worcester, VT; Grandchildren, Jennifer Lanza of Lynn, MA, Amanda Lewis and her husband Thomas of Waltham MA, Ian Lanza and wife Jordan of Rawley, MA, Courtney Lanza and her husband Matt of Jeffersonville, and Stacey Lanza and her husband Eli of Brattleboro, VT; and great grandchildren, Eliza and Zoe Lanza of Rawley, MA and Charlotte Lewis of Waltham, MA; sister, Eleanor Hodgkins of Concord, NH. He was predeceased by one sister, Jean Ann Talford and a brother, Thomas Lanza, Jr of Concord, NH There will be no calling hours. A funeral mass will held 11:30 on July 10, 2020 at St. Augustine's Church.