Frank Pritt III

1940 - 2015

Frank Pritt, III

Frank Pritt, 75, of Issaquah WA, died Tuesday July 28th, 2015. He was surrounded by his family and friends at the time of this death at Overlake Hospital. Frank is survived by his uncle, George Pritt, his brother, Wayne Pritt his children Ronda Waite, Laura Lee Pritt, Darren Pritt, his step children Kelsey Daviscourt and Ashley Wiegman, his sons in law, Don Waite and Jeff Daviscourt, his daughter in law, Janine Pritt, his grandchildren Cybil Waite, Madeline Waite, Dallas Waite, Hannah Beyler, Brandon Beyler, Wilson Pritt, Chance Pritt and Finley Daviscourt. Frank was born in Charleston W.VA on June 5, 1940 and spent his youth in Charleston living at 714 Jane Street. Frank attended Stonewall Jackson High School, graduating class of 58', where Frank was an All-City Football player. Frank was also very active in his church, Bream Presbyterian Church, as a youth leader. After high school Frank went west to Inglewood California where he attended and graduated from Northrup University in 1962 with an Electrical Engineering degree. While living in Inglewood, Frank met and married his first wife Julia Pritt. Together they raised three children, Ronda, Laura Lee and Darren. After being married, Frank moved his family back to Charleston W. VA, where Frank worked for Union Carbide and IBM. Frank then moved his family back to Southern California in 1968 and began working for CCI another technology company as a product manager. Frank then took another job as a product manager for Harris Corporation and moved his family to Plano Texas in 1972. In 1978, while still working for Harris, Frank and family moved to Bellevue, WA where he took a job as a regional sales representative selling 3270 mainframe terminals. While living in Bellevue, Frank and his wife Julia started and managed a 3270 emulation software company, Attachmate Corp., that grew to become one of the most successful privately held software companies in the history of Washington State. Frank and Julia divorced in 1991 and he relocated to Southern California. In 1994 Frank married Melanie Pritt and moved to Corona Del Mar CA. While living in Southern California Frank and Melanie raised two children, Kelsey and Ashley, and built a notable house they named the "Portabello" which was showcased on "Oprah". In 2005 Frank sold his business, Attachmate, and retired. During his life Frank enjoyed many things. In his early years Frank spent many weekends doing home improvements and gardening. He was also very involved in his children's lives with activities such as Boy Scouts, Indian Princesses and planning many fun family vacations. Frank was also an adventurer, car enthusiast and artist/craftsman. He was a certified scuba diver and dived the Great Barrier Reef. He captained his own boat; a 57' Tolley Craft named "Sittin' Pritty" on many a sea adventure that included a trip from Newport Beach CA, through the Panama Canal, to the Florida Keys. Frank owned, at one point, a substantial car collection that included historic racing cars. One car of note was the 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 "Rimoldi" Corto Spyder, a car he regularly raced at historic races and rallies including the "Mille Miglia" race in Italy. Frank enjoyed an array of artistic endeavors that included jewelry design, sculpting and casting in bronze, and woodworking that resulted in crafting a large scale replica of a Hawaiian outrigger. After retirement, Frank slowed down to spend more time with his family. He moved to Mercer Island WA and purchased a home in Kiehi Maui, splitting his time between both places. In 2013 Frank divorced and moved to Issaquah WA and purchased a cottage on Lake Sammamish where he could spend more time with his children and grandchildren. This cottage he affectionately named the "Pritty Pad". Besides being a family man, a business man and an adventurer Frank was also philanthropist later in life giving away more than 75 million dollars to various causes including an endowment for prostate cancer research at the University of Washington. Frank lived an "EXTRA" extraordinary life touching the lives of many along the way. His family will greatly miss him in all his affection and laughter. His memorial service will be Friday August 14, at 1 pm at the University Presbyterian Church where flowers and condolences can be sent. Friends are invited to sign the families online guestbook at WWW.FLINTOFTS.COM