Frank Aubrey Bryant, 86, of Custer, SD, died April 20,2018, at the Michael J. Fitzmaurice State Veterans Home in Hot Springs, SD.

Frank was born January 24, 1932, in Caney, KS, to Frank Bryant, Sr. and Helen (Baldwin) Bryant. He moved with his parents to Atoka, OK, where he graduated from Atoka High School in 1950. After a stint as a police officer in Atoka, and as a member of the National Guard, he was sent to Korea in 1951, to serve with the 45 ^th MP Company, 45 ^th Infantry Division as a Military Police Officer. Frank was discharged June 3, 1953, after earning the Army Occupation Medal (Japan), UN Service Medal, and Korean Service Medal with bronze star. After his military service, Frank followed his brother, James (J.R.), to Sioux Falls, SD, where he met and subsequently married Doris A. (Munkvold) Miller on May 20, 1955. Frank and Doris lived in Manhattan, KS, before moving back to Sioux Falls, then to Brandon, SD, and finally to Custer, with a few years in Pierre, SD, in between.

Frank worked as a surveyor in Sioux Falls until he went to work for the Engineering section of the U.S. Forest Service in Custer. He left the Forest Service to start Bryant Surveying, running that business until his retirement in 1997. Frank and Doris were Charter members of Custer Lutheran Fellowship and Frank was a Life Member of the VFW. He was an avid golfer and would go walleye fishing with anyone that would take him. He was known to play a hand of cribbage and also enjoyed reading western novels.

Frank is survived by his wife Doris; children, Phyllis (Loren) Lyndoe of Custer; Curtis (Renee) of Pierre; Ted of Custer; Shirley (Audie) Mondy of Albuquerque, NM; stepson, Paul Miller of Custer; brothers; JR (Bev) of Bothell, WA; Herbert of Atoka, OK; Donald of Pierre; sister Elizabeth Ann (Annie) of Minneapolis, MN; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Frank was preceded in death by his parents; stepfather, Everett Bliss, and brother, Billy Jack.

Memorial services will be held 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 28, 2018, at Custer Lutheran Fellowship near Custer with Rev. Pam Power officiating. He will be interred at the Black Hills National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in Frank's name to benefit the Custer Lutheran Fellowship, 12622 US HWY 16A, Custer, SD 57730 or Operation Black Hills Cabin, PO Box 855, Custer, SD 57730.