Frank Korgaard Madsen

🕯 Sonja Petersen lit a candle Tribute to Frank will be added after the funeral

Arne Petersen Frank was my Brother-in-Law. I remember Frank as a generous family friend, who was always present in our home at our weekly family dinners on Fridays, and also at all other family and neighbourhood events. Frank immigrated to Australia in 1981. He lived in our home for the first 3-4 months until our youngest son Colin was born and...more

Mr Lasse Petersen Frank was my uncle, he was 10 years older than I and 25 years older than my brother Colin, but for both us - apart from parents (Arne & Sonja) - Frank has been our only relative in Australia growing up, and so was a big part of both our lives. I would like to share a few personal memories of Frank and some insights into the Uncle...more

Erik & Kirsten Madsen Before moving to Australia Frank worked in a business making beautiful art deco copper items, our daughters Lise and Heidi still enjoying using them today. When we were in Australia for Sonja and Arne’s Golden Wedding we stayed at Frank's house, together with my and Frank's brother Finn. Frank was a good and very generous h...more

Mr Martin Madsen Hi Frank, I was really looking forward to seeing you again on my visit to Australia in 2019, regrettably this will not be. I want to thank you for the great hospitality you have showed me and my children when we have visited Australia, in the past. We have enjoyed being together with you and also had the pleasure talking over the...more

Mr Kurt Madsen Dear Frank, Being the oldest of the 7 boys in our family I never expected to be the one to say good bye to any of you, but life is unpredictable. As you have spent almost 40 years of your life in Australia we haven´t had much time together, but I do remember when you worked as a coppersmith in Vejle we would meet and have a few...more

Ditte, Anders, Willum and Emine Hansen Dear Frank, We would like to thank you for the way you opened your home to our family when we visited Australia. Our young son Willum still have the truck you gave him to make him feel welcome, Emine was only a baby then. A very special memory was when we went to Tangalooma and you tried to teach our young...more

Mr Finn Madsen Frank always liked going out for a few beers (actually often not so few…), I remember him having been to a pub and on his way home falling asleep in a field next to the road. After 7 years in school Frank had had enough, instead he got a job on a farm. He had an unfortunate accident where he fell into an animal waste slurry tank, ...more

Mrs Sonja Petersen Because the age difference between Frank and myself, we did not have a very close relationship when we were children. But when I had my first son, Lasse, who was a very hungry baby needing baby supplement, Frank was always there asking, “Please can I feed the baby?”. When Frank came to Australia he lived with Arne and I unt...more

Mr Colin Petersen My first interaction with Frank was very early in life. Frank came to Australia in 1981 and lived with my parents Arne and Sonja while getting settled in to his new country. Sonja was pregnant with me at the time, and my premature birth and arrival home from the hospital evicted Frank from the nursery that had been his bedroom, so...more

Mrs Vita Gredsted, and daughters Susan and Pia Frank was an important part of our lives and a loved member of our family when he lived in Vejle, the same town as us. He often came around to our home for dinner, even when his favourite dinner was not on the menu. We have special memories of when Frank had a holiday job as sheriff in Legoland, tha...more

Mr Mikael Madsen We spent a lot of time together in Vejle, where we both lived the last few years before you moved to Australia. When you were young in Denmark you were a bit “wild” and your only interests were work, beer and friends. During the first couple of years in Australia you suddenly started to grow up and the beers were replaced by re...more

Ernst Madsen Hi Frank, A last farewell and big thank you for introducing Erna and I us to each other at the 23 December 1973 at the disco in Ølholm. We are still together today nearly 45 years later. Love from Ernst and Erna

Mrs Stine Kristensen Thank you for the time we had together in Australia with lots of wine, good food and you even bought a Danish cake so I could feel at home. I will never forget the first time we met. I jumped into the backseat of you car and you looked at me and said “You are the spitting image of your mother!” It was said with a wink and re...more