Henry Francke was born at Hales Point, Tennessee, April 23, 1929 and baptized May 7, 1930, Henry, of St. Charles, Missouri, died on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at the age of 80. Dear son of Robert and Ruth Smith Francke. Relatives and ancestors included several ministers, deacons, and missionaries. He was raised Protestant, but was exposed to and investigated other sects including Seventh Day Adventist and Yahwist, or The Sacred Name Movement which he began attending in 1970. Brother “T: represented the American Sacred Name Assemblies for two years in the Republic of the Philippines, where he had made previous visits. While there in 1985, he adopted his two sons, Samuel Jun Francke and Rex Waldo Francke who survive him along with their wives Luin and Len and five grandchildren; Gabriel, Katrielle, Elysia, Nathaniel and Rachel. Memorials may be made to Yahweh's Assembly in Messiah .