Editing Kelly Freas (section)

==Early life, education, and personal life==
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He was born August 27, 1922, in [[Hornell, New York]], as Francis Sylvester Kelly.<ref>"New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FKF-K9B8 : Wed Nov 15 05:48:56 UTC 2023), Entry for Francis S Kelly, 27 Aug 1922.</ref> After his parents divorced, his mother remarried in 1939, and he took on his stepfather's last name of Freas. Frank Kelly Freas (pronounced like "freeze") was the son of two photographers, and was raised in Canada.<ref name=martin/> He was educated at [[Lafayette High School (Buffalo)|Lafayette High School]] in [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], where he received training from long-time art teacher Elizabeth Weiffenbach. He entered the [[United States Army Air Forces]] right out of high school ([[Crystal Beach, Ontario]], Canada). He flew as camera man for reconnaissance in the South Pacific and painted bomber noses during World War II. He then worked for Curtiss-Wright for a brief period, then went to study at [[The Art Institute of Pittsburgh]] and began to work in advertising. His first marriage was in 1948 to Nina Vaccaro,<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/91044198/.| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170906135153/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/91044198/| archive-date = September 6, 2017| title = Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 24, 1948 &middot; Page 20}}</ref> though they later divorced.  He later married Pauline (Polly) Bussard in 1952; they had two children, Jacqui and Jerry. Polly died of cancer in January 1987. In 1988 he married (and is survived by) Dr. Laura Brodian.