Frank Gutierrez Obituary

Frank Gutierrez RIDGEWAY, SC - Funeral services for Francis "Frank" Max Gutierrez, age 55, will be held at 12:00 noon on Saturday, October 15, 2011, at the Village Church, 574 Rimer Pond Road, Blythewood, SC 29016, conducted by the Reverend Eric Estep. Burial will follow on family property, 908 Highway 21 South, Ridgeway, SC 29130, with full military honors. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Friday, October 14, at Pope Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Memorials may be made to Fairfield Memorial Hospital Foundation, PO Box 620, Winnsboro, SC 29180; The Citadel Foundation, 171 Moultrie Street, Charleston, SC 29409; or to the Village Church, 574 Rimer Pond Road, Blythewood, SC 29016. Mr. Gutierrez (Commander, USN, Retired) died on Monday, October 10, 2011, at his home. Son of Elizabeth Mattson Gutierrez and the late Francis Max Gutierrez, he was born in Pottsville, PA, on February 6, 1956. At the time of his death, he was a Research Staff Member at the Institute for Defense Analyses supporting the Department of Defense. He attended the Village Church in Blythewood. A 1978 graduate of The Citadel (BA, Political Science), Mr. Gutierrez continued his education at the National War College (MS, National Security Strategy), and at National Defense University, Information Warfare College. He served his country in the US Navy from May 1978 until September 1999 in various capacities including Team Training Officer, Fleet Combat Training Center Atlantic; DACOS Intelligence, US Second Fleet and US Naval Forces Central Command; National War College, Washington, DC; and ACOS Intelligence, NICKELBY Task Group, Task Force 4.1, and Naval Inspector General. He ended his naval career as Assistant Chief of Staff, Intelligence (N2) at US Naval Inspector General where he was an Intelligence Officer and Executive Secretary for the Navy's Sensitive Activity Review Board. His career also included Program Manager at McMunn Associates for all Intelligence Community service contracts; Director, Maritime Target Development Division at Office of Naval Intelligence; Technical Director, Coast Guard Maritime Targeting Division, USCG Intelligence Coordination Center at SAIC; Deputy Director, Project Seahawk Task Force at US Department of Justice, a joint task force responsible for the port and intermodal security of all SC ports. Mr. Gutierrez is survived by his wife, Phyllis Nichols Gutierrez, of the home; one son, Alexander Nye Gutierrez of Ridgeway; his mother, Elizabeth Mattson Gutierrez of Laurel, MD; one brother, John Joseph Gutierrez of Jarrettsville, MD; one aunt, Margaret Mattson and her husband Tom Mannucia; one sister-in-law, Beth Nichols Collins and her husband Brett of Ridgeway; three nieces, Nicole Collins, Courtney Collins, and Allison Mannucia; one nephew, Mattson Gutierrez; one great niece, Addison Collins; and his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Phillip and Helen Nichols of Ridgeway. Also surviving are his furry companions, Starbuck, Bella, Lexie, Little Cat, and Jack the donkey. Online condolences may be sent to www.popefuneralhomesc.com. Pope Funeral Home is serving the Gutierrez family. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/ deaths