Robert Baker Fronk, Jr. was born on April 27, 1948 in Portland Oregon to
parents: Robert and Frances Fronk. He graduated from Wilson High School. He
entered and joined the Marines and did two tours of duty in
Vietnam. Upon his discharge from the Military, he attended and graduated from Portland State University, class of 1975.
A self-taught Potter,  Robert was successful at making a living being an artist creating pottery and selling it at the Portland Saturday Market for 41 years and sold at many juried art fairs around the western half of the United States.

His was a good man, husband, father and brother. Robert is survived by his wife Jill, 2 sons Jonathan and Jeffrey and his sister Chris and two nieces Julie and Caryn.