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Frank Christian Greiss, Jr., 87, of Lake Norman, NC, passed away Thursday, July 23, 2015 at home following a period of declining health. Dr. Greiss was born on July 13, 1928 in Philadelphia, PA to the late Frank C. Greiss, Sr. and Alverta Barnhart Greiss. He graduated from Frankfurt High School in 1945, the University of Pennsylvania in 1949, and the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1953. Frank was a resident at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Wake Forest University and served as a United States Navy Lieutenant at the Dependent’s Hospital of the Charleston Navy Yard. In 1960, he joined the faculty of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Bowman Gray. At the age of 40, he received the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Foundation Prize. In 1972, Frank became Chairman of the Department and served in this capacity for 17 years. In April, 2004 he received the distinguished-service award from the NC Obstetrical and Gynecological Society. He was instrumental in improvements to women’s health care both in North Carolina and throughout the country. For more than 20 years, he had an NIH research grant for the purpose of studying uterine circulation and was a contributor in more than 80 published research papers. He was a former president of the North Carolina Obstetrical and Gynecological Society, the Southern Gynecological and Obstetrical Society, and the South Atlantic Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Upon retiring to Lake Norman, Frank spent many hours in his workshop building beautiful furniture and rocking horses now treasured by the family. He joined the Lake Norman Lions Club on McKendree Road and served as Club Historian and was a member of the Board. He received the 1992/93 Lion of the Year Award and the Jack Stickley Fellow Award from the NC Lions Foundation in 2006. His passion was serving on the Lake Norman Lions Scholarship Committee. Frank and Barbara enjoyed traveling the world and were avid private pilots. Survivors include the love of his life and wife of 62 years, Barbara Alice Diebel Greiss; his children, Linda Christian Greiss, and husband Johnny Gray of Jefferson, GA, Virginia Greiss Mitchell and husband, Mike of Charlotte, Barbara Carol Greiss and husband Dennis Scearce, of Lake Norman, and Frank Christian Greiss, III and wife, Diana of Winston-Salem; his grandchildren, Jennifer Gray Higdon, Nathaniel Gray, Michael Mitchell, Marcus Mitchell, Meredith Welsh, Briana Van Dorpe; and great-grandson, Ethan Greenhalgh. The family will gather privately to celebrate his life. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Greiss Endowment Research Fund, Attn: Development and Alumni Affairs Office, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, P.O. Box 571021, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1021 or the Lake Norman Lions Scholarship Memorial Fund, c/o Henry Deal, LKN Lions Treasurer, 2755 Harbour Pointe Ct., Sherrills Ford, NC 28673. An online guestbook and obituary is available at www.cavin-cook.com. Cavin-Cook Funeral Home and Crematory of Mooresville is serving the family.

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Frank Christian Greiss

July 13, 1928 - July 23, 2015