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In 1910, Frantz married the former Elda Verne Weaver (1884-1934);<ref name=eldaf>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/elda_frantz|title=Elda Frantz|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref> after her death, he wed in 1935 her sister, Dell Weaver Lawhorn. Frantz also taught at Centenary College in Shreveport and was affiliated with the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, Rotary International, the [[Boy Scouts of America]], Masonic lodge, the Shriners, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, and the [[American Red Cross]]. He was a member of the Caddo Parish [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Executive Committee.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Frantz, Dolph G." in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=The Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>
 
In 1910, Frantz married the former Elda Verne Weaver (1884-1934);<ref name=eldaf>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/elda_frantz|title=Elda Frantz|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref> after her death, he wed in 1935 her sister, Dell Weaver Lawhorn. Frantz also taught at Centenary College in Shreveport and was affiliated with the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, Rotary International, the [[Boy Scouts of America]], Masonic lodge, the Shriners, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, and the [[American Red Cross]]. He was a member of the Caddo Parish [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Executive Committee.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Frantz, Dolph G." in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=The Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>
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Information is unavailable on the circumstances of Frantz's death, two months before his 67th birthday. Like his first wife Elda, his uncle, Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr., is interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=ajfrantz/><ref name=eldaf/> Frantz had a namesake nephew, Dolph Griffin Frantz (1920-1991) of Iberia Parish, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86686095|title=Dolph Griffin Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> He was sufficiently prominent that ''[[The New York Times]]'' filed an article on his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1953/07/08/archives/dolph-g-frantz-66-shreveport-editor.html|title=Dolph G. Frantz, 66, Shreveport Editor|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=July 8, 1953|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref>
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Information is unavailable on the circumstances of Frantz's death, two months before his 67th birthday. Like his first wife Elda, his uncle, Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr., is interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=ajfrantz/><ref name=eldaf/> Frantz had a namesake nephew, Dolph Griffin Frantz (1920-1991) of Iberia Parish, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86686095|title=Dolph Griffin Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> Frantz was sufficiently prominent that ''[[The New York Times]]'' filed an article on his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1953/07/08/archives/dolph-g-frantz-66-shreveport-editor.html|title=Dolph G. Frantz, 66, Shreveport Editor|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=July 8, 1953|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref>
    
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