In 1998, Mrs. Francis retired from City News, working there for 20 years. She was a 48-year member of Schuyler Avenue Wesleyan Church, where she taught Sunday school. After retiring, she volunteered at St. Anthony Health Care.
Surviving with her husband are a son, Roger Francis (wife Bonnie) of Lafayette; four brothers, Clarence Acord of Pine Village, Dewey Acord, Doyne Acord, and Donald Acord, all of Georgetown, IL; five sisters, Etha Attan, Mildred Uteah, both of Danville, IL; Veda Attan of Nashville, TN; Shirley Felgenhauer of Westville, IL; and Ada Kern of Champaign, IL; two grandchildren, Daniel B. and Jennifer A. Francis; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Francis; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Andrew Acord and a sister, Juanita Hall. Service April 11, Hippensteel Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Thomas Schmidt officiating; entombment at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Mausoleum.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 4/10/2001
In 1998, Mrs. Francis retired from City News, working there for 20 years. She was a 48-year member of Schuyler Avenue Wesleyan Church, where she taught Sunday school. After retiring, she volunteered at St. Anthony Health Care.
Surviving with her husband are a son, Roger Francis (wife Bonnie) of Lafayette; four brothers, Clarence Acord of Pine Village, Dewey Acord, Doyne Acord, and Donald Acord, all of Georgetown, IL; five sisters, Etha Attan, Mildred Uteah, both of Danville, IL; Veda Attan of Nashville, TN; Shirley Felgenhauer of Westville, IL; and Ada Kern of Champaign, IL; two grandchildren, Daniel B. and Jennifer A. Francis; a sister-in-law, Dorothy Francis; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a brother, Andrew Acord and a sister, Juanita Hall. Service April 11, Hippensteel Funeral Home Chapel, the Rev. Thomas Schmidt officiating; entombment at Tippecanoe Memory Gardens Mausoleum.
--Lafayette Journal & Courier - Tue 4/10/2001
Family Members
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Juanita Alma Acord Hall
1918–1985
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Ervine Valantine Huff Acord
1920–1920
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Lora Doyne Acord
1921–2007
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Andrew Jackson Acord Jr
1922–1979
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Donald Ray Acord
1927–2005
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Orville Dewey Acord
1928–2005
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Clarence Darwin Acord
1929–2021
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Mildred Christine Acord Utesch
1930–2014
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Franklin Delano Acord
1932–1934
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Veda Geraldine Acord Attan
1936–2012
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Ada Belle Acord Kern
1938–2020
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Weaver Acord
1939–1939
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