Welcome, Frank Knowles

Frank Knowles, a single father of two and grandfather to six, has packed a whole lot of living into his lifetime – so much so, it has taken more than 500 pages of writing his personal history to tell the story of just his first 24 years.  The great-great grandson of church president Lorenzo Snow and a grandson of Morris Rosenbaum, the second Jew to join the Church, has researched and documented the deaths at Auschwitz of more than 200 of his family members. 

Br. Frank, a native son of Salt Lake City, attended the University of Utah, served two missions to South Africa – one as a young missionary and a second later in life in the ghettos outside of Johannesburg; and, was the chaplain assistant at the Utah State Prison for 5 ½ years.  For his 35 working years, he made a comfortable living as a franchise developer and has traveled the world, visiting such faraway places as Africa, the Holy Land, the Middle East, Europe, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and Canada, as well as every state in the USA.

In his church life, Br. Knowles has served in Elders Quorum presidencies, bishoprics, 3 high councils and “taught just about every class in the church.” 

Recently relocated to St. George from Vancouver, Washington, Frank is pleased with the warm welcome he has already received from the members of the Bloomington 7^th Ward and looks forward to getting better acquainted with his new neighbors.