Frank Toohey was born on January 15, 1950 in San Francisco to Thelma and Tom Toohey.

He was the youngest of six children.  He came from a very well known family (on his mother side), the Flores.  His grandfather was famous for his leather work, and mostly for his boxing gloves.  Frank's grandfather made Flores boxing gloves for years.  His gloves were used by many notorious prize fighters, including Sugar Ray Robinson, Max Baer, and even George Foreman.

Frank attended Monroe High School in the San Fernando Valley, California.

He met his future wife Toni while cruising in his 1959 white Corvette on Van Nuys Blvd.

Frank served two years in the U.S. Army in Germany as a cryptologist.  It was in Germany that Frank learned how to play foosball.  After the service he became a professional foosball player and lived in the San Francisco Bay area. 

Frank enjoyed the fun 70s lifestyle as a foosball player.  He became friends with many characters including John McVee of the Fleetwood Mac band. 

Frank and Toni were married on April 26, 1975 in Van Nuys.  Toni worked at the telephone company while Frank played his foosball.

Eventually with the upcoming birth of their son Adam, Frank and Toni decided to move to Morton Washington where Frank became a logger.

It was in Morton in these logging days when Frank was challenged to a boxing match by the local big guy.  Frank was skinny but he took on the challenge and the town went crazy with excitement.  Frank asked for the help of his father in law, who was an experienced boxing man.  Frank was very proud that he won the fight in the third round.  It was his first and only boxing match.

As the spotted owl started impacting the logging industry, Frank decided to look for another profession.  He decided to become a hair stylist.  Not a barber, but a hair stylist.  He went to Barber and Hair Styling School.  He became a very well know star in the hair styling profession in Chehalis Washington.  He loved working with all those women, and cutting hair allowed him to really tell jokes and make people laugh. 

By this time Toni and Frank had a second boy, Brian.

Every Christmas for many years, Frank and Toni, and the boys would join Toni's family selling Christmas trees down in Southern  California at the largest Christmas tree lot in the area.  Frank became know for his quick wit and auctioneering skills as he sold trees to giant crowds as they unloaded trees from the trucks.  Frank was very proud that he sold Christmas trees to many famous movie stars including Jodie Foster.

One of his hair styling customers, Mark Albertson, told Frank that with his people skills he would really be a great sales person.  Mark convinced Frank to try his lot as a salesperson with Leisure Time Resorts, a leading campground membership company.

Frank found his calling.  He loved people and was an instant success.  He finally was able to bring financial success to his family.   

After a couple years of tremendous success at Leisure Time, Frank was offered a leadership position with Pahio Resorts from Hawaii.  They had offices in Portland selling timeshares in Hawaii.  Frank really enjoyed his leadership opportunity and put together an exciting team of young sales reps.

In 2000 Frank went to work as a sales representative for Trendwest Resorts in Vancouver, Washington.  Then he saw a remarkable opportunity to sell onsite at the new Coral Baja Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.   He jumped at the chance to work with his buddy Mark Albertson again.  Frank and Mark and Kelly Adams became known as the three Amigos as they broke all sales records and customer satisfaction reputation standards.

In 2002 Frank came back to Seaside to join the sales team at the new Trendwest Resort at the Turn Around.  Toni and Frank had a home in Cullaby Lake ever since the Leisure Time days, so it was great to be home full time again.

Frank worked his way up to the top Leadership position at Seaside and was recently promoted to a Regional Leadership role.

Over the years Frank became known as a top mentor and leader for so many people.

There were many facets and sides to this Frank Toohey.

He was a son, a brother, a husband, a father, a clown, an auctioneer, a foosball player, an Army veteran, a logger, a master of ceremonies, a mail order preacher, a Harley motorcyle rider, a corny joke teller, a friend to so many, and he always went out of his way to make you laugh.

Frank Toohey made you laugh.