Frank Frayer died on December 1, 2019. His son Matthew wrote that Frank began attending the Wheatland Festival in the early 1980s and bringing his kids. Frank volunteered as a red shirt. Among his tasks as a volunteer was helping to assemble Centennial Stage. Matt said that, after he began bringing his own family to Wheatland, Frank “was always part of our group and loved sitting at Main Stage seeing the music.”