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Frank A. Field Jr.
Frank A. Field Jr., a lifelong rail fan whose Peconic County Miniature Rail Road in Greenport delighted generations of riders for nearly three decades, died Feb. 14, 2021, at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital after a brief illness. He was 88.
Frank, a resident of Greenport, was born in the Bronx on June 15, 1932, the son of Frank A. and Alice (Weberg) Field, and grew up in New Rochelle and Floral Park, N.Y.
A graduate of Sewanhaka High School in Floral Park, Frank led student government his junior year and subsequently attended Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, N.J. He graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago.