Frances Pauline Abrams, 80, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandma, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at Clarkston Care Center.
She was born Aug. 20, 1923, in Orofino, to Bessie Minerva Jennings and Stanley Swantek. Her father owned and was the pharmacist at the Owl Drug in town for many years.
She attended grade school and high school in Orofino and graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in education in 1944.
After graduation, she taught at Pierce High School. There, she became reacquainted with James W. Abrams, a fellow teacher who had been her study hall monitor when he was a student-teacher at Orofino High School. They were married on June 15, 1946.
The couple operated Abrams Confectionery in Pierce for several years until moving to Lewiston, where she was employed as a substitute teacher for the Lewiston School District and worked with her husband at their shoe store in Clarkston.
They moved to Clarkston in 1960 and she was a teacher at Holy Family Catholic School for several years.
For several years she worked as an Avon representative.
James Abrams died in 1992.
Frances' paternal grandparents emigrated from Poland and she was very proud of her Polish heritage.
She was a devout Catholic and a member of Holy Family Parish in Clarkston. She greatly enjoyed the years she taught religious education at the parish. She also belonged to St. Veronica's Guild of the church altar society.
She was a member of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Auxiliary and held several volunteer positions there, including at the hospital's oncology center.
She was an avid bridge player and was a founding member of a Thursday afternoon club that has met for nearly 40 years.
She also loved to read and was an accomplished seamstress, knitter, and cook. Even as she was slipping into a coma near the end, she was promising to make an apple-huckleberry pie for her doctor.
In August, family and friends gathered to observe Frances' 80th birthday at Beachview Park. She cherished that nearly all of her many descendants, her sister and nephews, and her bridge-playing partners joined the celebration.
She was "Grandma-Great" to Courtney; Madison; Noah and Abraham; Ethan and two more great-grandbabies due later this year.
Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.
A brother, Peter, and a newborn son, Charles Arthur, preceded her in death.
The family requests any memorials are contributions to Holy Family School.
Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID)January 13, 2004, Pg: 9A
She was born Aug. 20, 1923, in Orofino, to Bessie Minerva Jennings and Stanley Swantek. Her father owned and was the pharmacist at the Owl Drug in town for many years.
She attended grade school and high school in Orofino and graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in education in 1944.
After graduation, she taught at Pierce High School. There, she became reacquainted with James W. Abrams, a fellow teacher who had been her study hall monitor when he was a student-teacher at Orofino High School. They were married on June 15, 1946.
The couple operated Abrams Confectionery in Pierce for several years until moving to Lewiston, where she was employed as a substitute teacher for the Lewiston School District and worked with her husband at their shoe store in Clarkston.
They moved to Clarkston in 1960 and she was a teacher at Holy Family Catholic School for several years.
For several years she worked as an Avon representative.
James Abrams died in 1992.
Frances' paternal grandparents emigrated from Poland and she was very proud of her Polish heritage.
She was a devout Catholic and a member of Holy Family Parish in Clarkston. She greatly enjoyed the years she taught religious education at the parish. She also belonged to St. Veronica's Guild of the church altar society.
She was a member of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Auxiliary and held several volunteer positions there, including at the hospital's oncology center.
She was an avid bridge player and was a founding member of a Thursday afternoon club that has met for nearly 40 years.
She also loved to read and was an accomplished seamstress, knitter, and cook. Even as she was slipping into a coma near the end, she was promising to make an apple-huckleberry pie for her doctor.
In August, family and friends gathered to observe Frances' 80th birthday at Beachview Park. She cherished that nearly all of her many descendants, her sister and nephews, and her bridge-playing partners joined the celebration.
She was "Grandma-Great" to Courtney; Madison; Noah and Abraham; Ethan and two more great-grandbabies due later this year.
Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.
A brother, Peter, and a newborn son, Charles Arthur, preceded her in death.
The family requests any memorials are contributions to Holy Family School.
Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID)January 13, 2004, Pg: 9A
Frances Pauline Abrams, 80, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandma, died Sunday, Jan. 11, 2004, at Clarkston Care Center.
She was born Aug. 20, 1923, in Orofino, to Bessie Minerva Jennings and Stanley Swantek. Her father owned and was the pharmacist at the Owl Drug in town for many years.
She attended grade school and high school in Orofino and graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in education in 1944.
After graduation, she taught at Pierce High School. There, she became reacquainted with James W. Abrams, a fellow teacher who had been her study hall monitor when he was a student-teacher at Orofino High School. They were married on June 15, 1946.
The couple operated Abrams Confectionery in Pierce for several years until moving to Lewiston, where she was employed as a substitute teacher for the Lewiston School District and worked with her husband at their shoe store in Clarkston.
They moved to Clarkston in 1960 and she was a teacher at Holy Family Catholic School for several years.
For several years she worked as an Avon representative.
James Abrams died in 1992.
Frances' paternal grandparents emigrated from Poland and she was very proud of her Polish heritage.
She was a devout Catholic and a member of Holy Family Parish in Clarkston. She greatly enjoyed the years she taught religious education at the parish. She also belonged to St. Veronica's Guild of the church altar society.
She was a member of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Auxiliary and held several volunteer positions there, including at the hospital's oncology center.
She was an avid bridge player and was a founding member of a Thursday afternoon club that has met for nearly 40 years.
She also loved to read and was an accomplished seamstress, knitter, and cook. Even as she was slipping into a coma near the end, she was promising to make an apple-huckleberry pie for her doctor.
In August, family and friends gathered to observe Frances' 80th birthday at Beachview Park. She cherished that nearly all of her many descendants, her sister and nephews, and her bridge-playing partners joined the celebration.
She was "Grandma-Great" to Courtney; Madison; Noah and Abraham; Ethan and two more great-grandbabies due later this year.
Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.
A brother, Peter, and a newborn son, Charles Arthur, preceded her in death.
The family requests any memorials are contributions to Holy Family School.
Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID)January 13, 2004, Pg: 9A
She was born Aug. 20, 1923, in Orofino, to Bessie Minerva Jennings and Stanley Swantek. Her father owned and was the pharmacist at the Owl Drug in town for many years.
She attended grade school and high school in Orofino and graduated from the University of Idaho with a degree in education in 1944.
After graduation, she taught at Pierce High School. There, she became reacquainted with James W. Abrams, a fellow teacher who had been her study hall monitor when he was a student-teacher at Orofino High School. They were married on June 15, 1946.
The couple operated Abrams Confectionery in Pierce for several years until moving to Lewiston, where she was employed as a substitute teacher for the Lewiston School District and worked with her husband at their shoe store in Clarkston.
They moved to Clarkston in 1960 and she was a teacher at Holy Family Catholic School for several years.
For several years she worked as an Avon representative.
James Abrams died in 1992.
Frances' paternal grandparents emigrated from Poland and she was very proud of her Polish heritage.
She was a devout Catholic and a member of Holy Family Parish in Clarkston. She greatly enjoyed the years she taught religious education at the parish. She also belonged to St. Veronica's Guild of the church altar society.
She was a member of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Auxiliary and held several volunteer positions there, including at the hospital's oncology center.
She was an avid bridge player and was a founding member of a Thursday afternoon club that has met for nearly 40 years.
She also loved to read and was an accomplished seamstress, knitter, and cook. Even as she was slipping into a coma near the end, she was promising to make an apple-huckleberry pie for her doctor.
In August, family and friends gathered to observe Frances' 80th birthday at Beachview Park. She cherished that nearly all of her many descendants, her sister and nephews, and her bridge-playing partners joined the celebration.
She was "Grandma-Great" to Courtney; Madison; Noah and Abraham; Ethan and two more great-grandbabies due later this year.
Survivors names omitted per findagrave policy.
A brother, Peter, and a newborn son, Charles Arthur, preceded her in death.
The family requests any memorials are contributions to Holy Family School.
Lewiston Morning Tribune (ID)January 13, 2004, Pg: 9A
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