Frances graduated from Jackson Township High School. She was a homemaker and worked at several restaurants in Swayzee. She was a member of Swayzee Christian Church and was a Sunday school teacher most of her adult life. Frances enjoyed baking, cake decorating, crocheting and crossword puzzles.
She is survived by a daughter, Marjory Burnworth, Swayzee; grandson, Mark (Tracy) Burnworth, Columbia City; granddaughter, LeAnn (Brent) Burnworth, Swayzee; great-grandchildren, Cameron, Brooklyn and Audrey; stepgreat-grandchild, Kelsey; brothers, Bill Harper, Vic (Vera) Harper, Dale (Janie) Harper and Tom (Shirley) Harper; sister, Sue (Gene) Alexander; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; son-in-law, Ronald Burnworth; sisters, Mary Smeltzer, Mildred Pence, Candace Simpson and Elizabeth Charlotte Harper; brothers, George Harper and Harold Harper; sisters-in-law, Marietta Harper, Elizabeth Harper and Ann Harper; and brothers-in-law, Lawrence Smeltzer, Harold Pence and Ralph Simpson.
Services are 3 p.m. Friday at Hasler & Stout Funeral Home, 112 E. Main St., Greentown, with John Buckley officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, Greentown. Visitation is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Hasler & Stout Funeral Home web site
Frances graduated from Jackson Township High School. She was a homemaker and worked at several restaurants in Swayzee. She was a member of Swayzee Christian Church and was a Sunday school teacher most of her adult life. Frances enjoyed baking, cake decorating, crocheting and crossword puzzles.
She is survived by a daughter, Marjory Burnworth, Swayzee; grandson, Mark (Tracy) Burnworth, Columbia City; granddaughter, LeAnn (Brent) Burnworth, Swayzee; great-grandchildren, Cameron, Brooklyn and Audrey; stepgreat-grandchild, Kelsey; brothers, Bill Harper, Vic (Vera) Harper, Dale (Janie) Harper and Tom (Shirley) Harper; sister, Sue (Gene) Alexander; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; son-in-law, Ronald Burnworth; sisters, Mary Smeltzer, Mildred Pence, Candace Simpson and Elizabeth Charlotte Harper; brothers, George Harper and Harold Harper; sisters-in-law, Marietta Harper, Elizabeth Harper and Ann Harper; and brothers-in-law, Lawrence Smeltzer, Harold Pence and Ralph Simpson.
Services are 3 p.m. Friday at Hasler & Stout Funeral Home, 112 E. Main St., Greentown, with John Buckley officiating. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery, Greentown. Visitation is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Hasler & Stout Funeral Home web site
Family Members
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Mary Esther Harper Smeltzer
1911–1993
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Mildred O. Harper Pence
1913–2001
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George Howard Harper
1915–1999
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Candace "Kate" Harper Simpson
1918–2007
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Kenneth Walton "Bill" Harper
1920–2012
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Elizabeth Charlotte "Betty" Harper
1922–1922
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Harold Wilbur Harper
1923–1989
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Victor A "Vic" Harper
1925–2017
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Dale L. Harper
1927–2019
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Naoma Sue Harper Alexander
1934–2021
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