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Radio Intelligence during the war and made broadcasts supporting Savings Bonds.
Throughout her working life, she was an exemplary legal secretary, working for top law
firms throughout Texas and at one point, entered a competition for “The Fastest Typist in
Texas” and won with a score of 125 error-free words per minute. Frances was an active
member of the First Presbyterian Church in Odessa, Texas, for almost 50 years and spent
some of that time working in the Church office. She was also a Pink Lady at Medical
Center Hospital Auxiliary for many years. She loved to read and travel. Her sense of
humor and love of adventure garnered many friends throughout her life. Mom was totally
devoted to her family and her legacy of love will live forever in our hearts. She was truly
one of a kind. Our heartfelt thanks and most sincere appreciation goes out to Tammy
Solley and the Star Health Staff, Glory Cushing, doctors J. Naidu and R. Patel, and the 5th
Floor Central staff of Medical Center Hospital, Odessa, for their loving care and support of
our Mom. You were her Earthly Angels. Arrangements to be handled by Acres West and
memorial to be held at First Presbyterian Church, Odessa, Texas, on June 25 at 10 a.m.
with a reception to follow. A celebration of her life by her extended family will be held in
Dallas at a date to be determined later. (Thomas and Sarah Boatwright Gunn Descendant)
Frances Smith Gunn
Frances Smith Gunn, 83, Hillsboro, Ill. died Saturday (July 4, 1992). Retired seamstress.
Member, United Methodist Church, Hillsboro. Survivors: sons, Harry Maynard, Houston,
Texas; Merlyn E. and Bruce Dale, both of Hillsboro; Clyde E., Pawnee; daughter, Twila
Everett, Hillsboro; sister Juanita Shoemaker, Nokomis.Services: 10 a.m. Monday, Patton
Memorial Home, Hillsboro. Visitation: 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Burial: Woodside Cemetery,
Hillsboro. Memorials: Hillsboro Hospital Foundation.
Frances V. Gunn
FORT WORTH - Frances Virginia Gunn, 85, a homemaker, died Sunday Dec 26, 1994, at
a Fort Worth hospital. Graveside service: 1 p.m. Wednesday in Greenwood Memorial
Park. Arrangements: Thompson"s Harveson & Cole Funeral Home. Mrs. Gunn was born
in Abilene and had lived in Fort Worth most of her life. She was a member of Connell
Baptist Church, Women of Rotary and the Order of the Eastern Star. Mrs. Gunn was the
founder and first president of Kappa Sigma Wives and Mothers Club at Texas Christian
University. Her husband, Ewell F. "Pete" Gunn, died in 1972. Survivors: Son, Robert F.
Gunn of Fort Worth; brother, Edgar Alford of Fort Worth; two sisters, Louise A. Lyle and
Helen A. Wilkinson, both of Fort Worth; two granddaughters; and one great-grandson.
Francis Gunn
Francis Gunn o£ 4538 Cleveland avenue, Stevensville, Michigan died at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday
at his home. He was born in Scotland and had resided in this area for 25 years, coming
from Chicago. He was retired from the Pullman Company. Surviving are his widow Julie
and one sister in Chicago. Private funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. in the
Kerlikowske and Starks funeral home. Dr. George Fisk, pastor of the First Congregational