FRANCES DUNGAN EICHER

EICHER, FRANCES DUNGAN, of Miami Shores, FL, helped educate two generations of Miamians during her 22 years as a primary school teacher the Cushman School, 56th Street and Biscayne Blvd. She retired at the end of the school year in 1989 and Cushman Schools 1990 school year book was dedicated to her years of service to the school. A native Kentuckian, her teaching career started in a one- room, one-teacher, hill-country schoolhouse in Pulaski County, KY where she taught all eight primary grades. Before moving to Florida she taught in Hebron and Elizabethtown, KY, and then later in a half-dozen schools in Alexandria, VA. In 1990 she spent three months in Cairo, Egypt as an English teacher to Ethiopian refugee children. She held degrees from Sue Bennett College and Moorehead College in Kentucky, and conducted post-graduate studies at Berry University in Miami. In 1976 Mrs. Eicher was one of six Miamians who sought to establish the first womens bank in Dade County. She was a member of Miami Shores Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Eicher was preceded in death by her husband Edward E. Eicher, also of Miami Shores. Survivors include her five children: Laura Maria Bentz, Clearwater, FL; Leonard J. Eicher, Miami Shores; Frances D. Brodman, Knoxville, TN; Edward "Ike" Eicher, Kirkwood MO; Lenor Eicher, Palm Harbor, FL; and seven grandchildren. Memorial services will be Wednesday, July 14th, 10:00 am in the McArthur Chapel at Miami Shores Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Eicher requested that in lieu of flowers, donations should be directed to the Miami Shores Presbyterian Church. Gregg L. Mason Funeral Home in Miami, 10936 NE 6th Ave., 305-757-9000 is handling funeral arrangements. Burial will be at the Dungan Family cemetery in Pulaski County Kentucky. View this Guest Book at www. MiamiHerald.com/obituaries.Published in The Miami Herald on 7/14/10.