Charlevoix County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Durance, Frances 
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Cemetery:           Brookside Cemetery
Name:               Frances Durance

Date Of Photograph: September 2009
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Frances Durance 
1893 - 1998
Age 105




Additional Comments:

Frances Durance, 105, of Charlevoix died November 17, 1998 in East Jordan, 
Michigan.  Frances was born April 15, 1893 in Charlevoix County, the daughter 
of George (1850-1921) and Mary Isabel (Cook) Durance (1864-1946), early 
Charlevoix settlers.She was the last survivor of 10 children and was preceded 
in death by her sisters, Margaret, Mary Elizabeth, Myrtle, Genevieve 
(Baumgartner); and brothers, William and Albin.Three infant brothers died 
during an epidemic in Charlevoix in the fall of 1888.  She was also 
predeceased by a niece, Marygrace (Ragan) Robinson of Romeo, Michigan.
Frances attended Charlevoix Schools, Valparaiso University in Indiana, and 
received her teaching degree from Ypsilanti Normal School (Eastern Michigan 
University) in 1923.  Frances was a teacher and administrator in communities 
in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan for more than 30 years.  She served as 
principal of schools in Lake Orion, Oscoda and Boyne Falls.

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