Cowlitz County WA Archives Obituaries.....Francisco, Lolita Joyce     March 7, 2006
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P. J. Stepp steppmom5@hotmail.com April 8, 2006, 5:15 pm

Published in The Daily News on 3/8/2006.
 
Lolita Joyce Francisco passed away March 7th at the age of 78, due to a form of 
Cerebral Palsy. 

She was born August 15, 1927 in the bedroom of her grandmother Jackson's Castle 
Rock home, the only child of Lolita Beryl (Jackson) and Leone Holten. Joyce 
graduated from Castle Rock High School in 1945. In November of 1944, she had 
met Hugh Francisco, home on leave from duty in the South Pacific. They were 
married in Longview on June 2, 1945 by Reverend Gebert. She also completed the 
required training in 1945 and became a licensed beautician. In 1947 Joyce and 
her husband moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico where he was employed by the Atomic 
Energy Commission. They later moved to Spokane where they adopted two children, 
Connie and Scott. Hugh transferred from the AEC into the U.S. Customs Service 
and they moved back to Castle Rock in 1965 when he became assigned to the 
Customs Office in Longview. Joyce began losing her vision in 1964 due to 
Retinitus Pigmentosis and by 1968 was blind. In 1970, for something to do, 
Joyce purchased the Castle Rock Beauty Nook and ran it until 1985, assisting 
her operators and pin curling her mother's hair by feel. During those years she 
also did her housework and raised her two children. A beautiful woman, Joyce 
was liked by all and the friends she made were for life. 

She is survived by her husband of sixty years, Hugh, her daughter Connie, and 
several grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her son Scott. Due to her 
lifelong aversion to hospitals and funerals, there will be no services. 
Contributions in her name may be made to Longview Hospice. 

 
  


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