Dr. Robert J. Frist, 798 W 1050S, Brookston, Ind. passed away Friday, October 23, at 11:40 a.m. at Home Hospital, Lafayette, where he had been a patient since September 21st.

He was born Apil 16, 1925, to Harlow and Eliza Frist and was raised on the family farm near Clinton, Ind. in Vermillion County.

He was married Sept 3, 1950, to Frances Lillian Vrabic, in Clinton, Ind.

He graduated from St. Bernice high School in 1943. He enlisted in the United States Navy and served in the south Pacific until his discharge in 1946.

In 1951, he received his Bachelor of Science degree in vocational agriculture education and his Master of Science degree in extension education from Purdue in 1962. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1965.

Dr. Frist was a vocational agriculture teacher and 4-H club leader in the Klondike and Shadeland areas for six years. He then joined the Indiana Cooperative Extension Service as an Assistant County Agent in Benton County in 1957. He was then transferred in 1960 to the State Extension staff as a supervisor responsible for the Better Farming and Better Living program. In 1975, he became head of the 4-H and Youth Department at Purdue. Under his leadership, the 4-H and Youth Department made advancements in record keeping programming and use of the computer in state and county offices. He retired April 30, 1985, and was named Professor Emeritus.

He was a member and Chapter Advisor of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity, as well as a member of Alpha Zeta and Ceres while at Purdue.  He was also a member of Lafayette Masonic Lodge #123, Scottish Rite, Wabash Township Farmers Club #2 and the American Lung Association's Better Breathers Group and Central Presbyterian Church, Lafayette.

Surviving with his wife are four sons, Robert H. Frist of Indianapolis, Dennis F. Frist of Round Grove, Karl David Frist, Brookston and Douglas M. Frist, Southern Pines, N.C. and a sister, Mary Edith Banes, Lafayette. Also surviving are 10 grandchildren, a brother-in-law, Herman May of Clinton and a niece Mary Lynn Skeel of Ormond Beach, Florida. A sister, Betty Lou Mayes, preceded him in death.

Funeral service was Tuesday at 2 p.m in Hartzler Funeral Home, Brookston, with Pastor Phil Emerson officiating.

Burial was in Tippecanoe Memory Gardens, West Lafayette.

Memorials may be given to the American Lung Association or the American Heart Association.