Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Frances Latona Franson

Feb. 1, 1920 - Feb. 1, 1994

 

South Bend Tribune 2/2/1994

SOUTH BEND - Frances Latona Franson, 74, of Caroline Street, died at 4:35 p.m. Tuesday in St. Joseph's Medical Center after an illness. Mrs. Franson was born Feb. 1, 1920, in Rensselaer, and had lived in South Bend since 1965, coming from Michigan City.

 

On Sept. 10, 1939, in Remington, Ind., as Frances L. Daniels, she married Arthur Louis Franson. He survives with two daughters, Christine M. Chmielewski of South Bend and Karen L. Lowler of Blythewood, S.C.; two sons, Eric J. of Indianapolis and Edward C. of LaPorte; 16 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; a sister, Audrey J. Montoya of Beecher, Ill.; and a brother, John M. Beauregard of Oak Forest, Ill. She was active in Girl Scouts of America as a leader, camp director and district leader trainer.

 

Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Guisinger Colonial Chapel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Southlawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or American Diabetes Association.