Frank Keith Underbrink

Frank Keith Underbrink of Libertyville Services for Frank Keith Underbrink, 72, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 17, at the Libertyville High School Auditorium, 708 W. Park Avenue. Interment will follow in Lakeside Cemetery, followed by a luncheon in the high school cafeteria. Visitation will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 16, at the Burnett-Dane Funeral Home Ltd., 120 W. Park Ave. (Route 176, one block west of Milwaukee Ave.), Libertyville. Born April 16, 1934, in Libertyville, he passed away Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, at Condell Medical Center in Libertyville. Frank was a graduate of Libertyville High School, Class of 1952 and Carlton College in Northfield, Minn., Class of 1956. He received his master's degree from Northwestern University and pursued doctoral studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He also studied at St. Anthony's College, Oxford University, England. Frank taught American literature at the Sorbonne in Paris, and was an administrator at the English College in Paris. After coming back to Illinois, Frank taught at Libertyville and Vernon Hills High Schools for 31 years, retiring in 2006. He was beloved by his students for his generous and giving spirit. He was the faculty advisor for the Model United Nations organization at the high school, taught world history, French, geography, current events, international studies and the "history of Frank." He was a world traveler, translator and tour guide. He worked as an archeologist at King Tut's tomb, and many other sites in Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America and the United States. He was proud of having visited 79 countries worldwide. Frank volunteered at the Chicago Field Museum, where he helped unpack and set up exhibitions and was a photographer for UNESCO at world heritage sites. He served on the Libertyville Township Board, the Lakeside Cemetery Board, the Libertyville-Mundelein Historical Society, was past president of the Chicago Archeological Society, Lake County Audubon Society and worked with the Audubon Society at the state and national levels. As an ardent supporter of early music, he was a board member of Early Music Now, in Milwaukee and the Leaf, an environmental organization. Frank shared his adventures and collections of masks and French history books from around the world by giving travelogues, lectures and slide shows. He also received the Studs Turkel award in 2002. He hated camels! Surviving are many friends from the community and around the world, including his dear friends, Marjorie Glacking, Jim and Marylin Huskey and their children, Julie and Justine, George and Kathy Jirasek and was known as "uncle Frank" to their children, Rachel and Sarah. He was preceded in death by his father, Henry Underbrink, a principal of Libertyville High School for over 30 years; his mother, Margaret Underbrink; and his grandmother, Mamie Kieth, who passed away in 1986 at the age of 113. Memorials can be made to either the Libertyville District 128 Foundation for Learning, 940 W. Park Ave. Libertyville, IL 60048 or Early Music Now, 1630 E. Royall Place, Milwaukee, WI 53202. For information, 847-362-3009.