Charles Kenneth Francis, Jr., died Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late Charles K., Sr., and Gladys Berry Francis. Funeral services will be held 1 pm Thursday, October 29 at the Woody “Home For Services”, 163 Oakwood Avenue, Orange where the family will receive friends from 12:30 until time of services. Interment will take place at Fairmount Cemetery in Newark. Charles graduated from Barringer High School, Dartmouth College and Jefferson Medical School. Dr. Francis held professorships at the University of Connecticut and Yale University Medical Schools. He was the Director of Medicine at Harlem Hospital from 1987-1998 and was President of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine in Los Angeles from 1999 to 2004. Charles was the beloved husband of Irma Woody Francis; loving father of Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) and Paul K. . He is also survived by a brother Peter, a niece, two nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
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Charles Kenneth Francis, Jr., died Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick. Born in Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late Charles K., Sr., and Gladys Berry Francis. Funeral services will be held 1 pm Thursday, October 29 at the Woody “Home For Services”, 163 Oakwood Avenue, Orange where the family will receive friends from 12:30 until time of services. Interment will take place at Fairmount Cemetery in Newark. Charles graduated from Barringer High School, Dartmouth College and Jefferson Medical School. Dr. Francis held professorships at the University of Connecticut and Yale University Medical Schools. He was the Director of Medicine at Harlem Hospital from 1987-1998 and was President of Charles R. Drew University of Medicine in Los Angeles from 1999 to 2004. Charles was the beloved husband of Irma Woody Francis; loving father of Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) and Paul K. . He is also survived by a brother Peter, a niece, two nephews, cousins, other relatives and friends.
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