Harry Franz, 84, St. Peter, formerly of Luverne, died Saturday, Sept. 18, 2004, in St. Peter.Services were Tuesday, Sept. 21, at First Lutheran Church in St. Peter. The Revs. Alan Bray and Don Holmstrom officiated. Burial was in Ft. Snelling. Harry Franz was born to Peter F. and Helena Friesen Franz on Feb. 21, 1920, in rural Bingham Lake. He grew up on a nearby farm. He attended church in Delft and graduated from schools in Carson Township and Mountain Lake. He was a guard on the 1939 state champion Mountain Lake basketball team and continued playing basketball as an undergraduate ROTC student at South Dakota State University, Brookings, S.D. He also received his master’s degrees in education and guidance and counseling from SDSU. He served as a captain in the U.S. Army in Europe during World War II and stateside during the Korean War. After completing his college degree, he began teaching earth and life sciences and coaching basketball in Luverne. He married Emma Goehle July 16, 1950, at St. John Lutheran Church in Luverne. After many years of teaching and counseling, he retired to St. Peter in 1983, where he served as assistant basketball coach at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter for several years.Survivors include his wife, Emma Franz, St. Peter; two sons, James (Janet Schultz) Franz, Minnetrista, and Bradley (Lisa) Franz, La Junta, Colo.; one daughter, Debra (Dr. James) Lakin, Lakeville; seven grandchildren, Christian Loger, Anne Loger, Madeline Franz, Allyson Franz, Jordan Franz, Cecely Franz and Alyssa Franz; two brothers, Henry (Estelle) Franz, Bingham Lake, and Peter (Marion) Franz, Edina; one sister, Elizabeth (Arlie) Fast, Bingham Lake.Mr. Franz was preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Helen, and her husband, Donald Roos.Memorials may be given to scholarships in Harry’s name through Dollars for Scholars at Luverne High School. St. Peter Funeral Home – Klein Chapel, St. Peter, was in charge of arrangements.