Former Bangor city councilor Marshall Frankel dies at 83
Marshall Frankel, who was prominent in the Bangor business scene and served three and a half terms as a Bangor city council member, died on March 1...
Marshall Frankel, who was prominent in the Bangor business scene and served three and a half terms as a Bangor city council member, died on March 14 at age 83, according to family members. Frankel, a native of Bayonne, New Jersey, attended the University of Kentucky and later joined the Army Reserves, serving as a medic. After stints working in New Jersey and California, he met his wife, Leiba, on vacation in Puerto Rico. Frankel was a fixture in downtown Bangor for many years. The couple moved to Maine in 1968, initially to Portland, with plans to go into Leiba's family business, jewelers G.