Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Faucett, Francoise Nicole-Jeanne 2009 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net August 15, 2011, 5:54 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Tuesday, September 22, 2009 Francoise Nicole-Jeanne Faucett, of Ionia, age 78, passed away on Sunday, September 20, 2009. She was born on June 24, 1931 in East Grand Rapids the daughter of Thomas and Joanne Estes. Francoise graduated from the Chicago Academy of Fine Art and American Academy of Fine Art in Chicago. She resided in the 3 Arts Club while living in Chicago, Illinois. Francoise spent her life as an artist and illustrator. Besides art, her interests included pets and rescuing and caring for animals. She was a very spiritual person and once you met her, you were fond of her. She was also a very dignified woman who was proud of her Native American and French descent. Surviving are her family: Pastor Mark (Mindy) Gerdes and Susan McKellips. She was preceded in death by her parents. The Funeral Service will be conducted by Pastor Mark Gerdes at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, September 24, 2009 at First Assemby of God Church, Ionia. Interment will be in Evergreen Cemetery in Alpena, Michigan. The family will receive friends 5-8 p.m., Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at the Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Home, 220 Rich St., Ionia. For those wishing memorial contributions may be made to First Assembly of God Church, St. John’s Episcopal Church or Zion United Methodist Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/f/faucett16463nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb