Submitted by: Dan Rich
South Bend Tribune 3/24/1996
Sept. 1, 1935-March 23, 1996
ELKHART - Francis D. (Frank) Oliva, 60, of County Road 16, died at 11:45 a.m. Saturday in Memorial Hospital, South Bend, of natural causes. Mr. Oliva was a Mishawaka firefighter for 20 years, retiring in 1976. He was the former owner and operator of Francos Pizza. He
was born Sept. 1, 1935, in Mishawaka. Surviving are a daughter, Vicki Oliva Collins of Louisville, Ky.; a son, Joseph of Osceola; and their mother and his former wife, Doris Oliva of Mishawaka. He was a member of Diloreto Society, Mishawaka.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Monica Catholic Church. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Monday in Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N.
Main St., where a wake service will be at 6:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society.
Editor: His former wife is Doris (Nicolini) Oliva