Henry Daryl Franz

Henry (Daryl) Franz died at 83 years old. Daryl was born at Sacred Heart Hospital on Nov. 22, 1938, to his parents Henry Ivan Franz and Alta Jesse Corley. He recently suffered a stroke and was starting to recover successfully but took a turn for the worse and died at Sacred Heart Hospital on Oct. 5th, 2022, at 6:45 pm with complications of hip surgery. Daryl graduated High School in 1957 from the Cheney Fisher building. He played in the pep band (saxophone) and loved the going away games. He also belonged to the FFA. Daryl served in the National Guard for 6 years starting in 1959 and was honorably discharged Feb. 1965, then worked for his dad Hank Franz before starting his career with Spokane County. In 1963 he started working for the Spokane County Road Dept. (drove truck, grader, and loader) to fall of 1991. He worked for thirty years and retired after 31 years. He married Janet M. Welch from Montana on Oct. 19, 1963, for 36 years until Dec. 1999. They had three children Lynn, Lois, and Larry. Daryl lived on Lance Hill Road in Cheney all his life. The first car he had was a 1950 Deluxe Chevy four-door car. He also had a 1978 Ford pick-up; he still owns both today. Sold a 1957 Chevy Belair he owned, a four-door car he wished he still had. He loved all those cars. He was a Levi’s 501 shrink-to-fit-only jeans guy and wore cowboy boots almost exclusively, as well as White’s boots for heavier jobs. He always enjoyed talking to new people and friends. He loved his two grandsons chauffeuring him around (Nicholas and Dylan), he liked his grandson Trenten driving the truck to feed the cows, and Daryl enjoyed his grandson Tanner helping doctor the calves. He loved the Paul Harvey Radio Show, and the Rush Limbaugh program. He loved his Black Angus and Dutch belt dairy cows, which his dad started to own in 1947. He loved going to Zips for coffee with friends and dancing at the Buckhorn. His drink was red beer- tomato juice in his beer and he enjoyed drinking grey hounds. His favorite barber shop was Shorty’s place, and he introduced his grandsons Nicholas and Dylan to get their first haircut there. He belonged to the Cattleman’s Association, Amber Grange (that later changed to the Tyler Grange), and the American Legion. He loved navigating maps. Daryl was proceeded in death by his parents Henry Ivan Franz and Alta Jesse Franz, and his first Cousin Bobby Ely. He is survived by his sister Carol Franz, and her three children: daughter Ginger Hughes (Kelly) son Carrson, daughter Debbie Holtz (Tim) son Daniel, and daughter Kristyn Hosig (Brian) son Jacob. Daryl is also survived by his ex-wife Janet M. Franz, their three children-- daughter Lynn M. Toler (Greg), their sons Nicholas and Dylan; daughter Lois D. Franz (Bill Sievers), and son Larry D. Franz (Kristy McVey) their sons Trenten Franz and Tanner Gamby (Jesse). Also survived by first cousins Janet Sturholm, Judy Brown, Gayle Smiley, Glee Corley, Marv Franz, Jan Franz, and Gwenn Baer. A Memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at 11 a.m. at the Cheney Community Church, 1307 3rd St. Cheney WA, and reception will follow at the Cheney rodeo grounds. There will be a small gravesite service following the reception at 2 p.m. at Spokane Memorial Gardens on Cheney Spokane Road. If you would like to donate: Please send your donations to The Lance Hill Cemetery—C/O Lynn Toler 15225 W. Dairy View Lane, Cheney WA 99004.

Henry Daryl Franz

November 22, 1938 - October 5, 2022