Frank, Richard John, age 93, founder of KR Automation and Q&H Metals passed away peacefully on March 3. Frank was born in Warsaw, Poland and displaced to Germany during World War II. Later he moved his family to Perth, Australia and finally to Detroit, Michigan in the mid fifties. KR Automation was one of the largest designers and builders of automation controls and employed over 200 people. Frank was prominent in many communities including the Boy Scouts of America, the Paternal Order of the Elks and others. He was an avid scuba diver, horseback rider and a proud member of the Detroit Athletic Club. He is sorely missed by Hanna, his wife of 70 years, his son Peter, Peter's wife Dorothea, their children Victoria and William, his son John, John's wife Geraldine, their children Richard and Michael and his son Mark and Mark's partner Rudy. Friends are invited to attend a celebration of his life at a memorial service to be held Saturday, March 14 at two o'clock in the afternoon in the Chapel at Henry Ford Village in Dearborn. In lieu of flowers friends are requested to honor Richard's life with a donation to Cass Methodist Church, 3901 Cass, Detroit, MI, 48201.