Frances E. Barstow

To all the family and friends who loved her so much, I send my love and sympathy. I will always remember her beautiful smile and the happiness she showed us each time we saw her. When I visited with Bev and her family and she was there, I could not help admiring her beauty and pride in all she did. There should be an Auntie Frances in everyone's life. I am thankful she was in mine.

To my mom, my Godmother Marcia, and my aunts Prinny and Audrey, I am sorry for the loss of your very special aunt. I am happy and honored that I got to know her--even if just a bit--in her final days. Her beauty and that zeal and zest that you all so lovingly describe her as having was still very much apparent. God Bless you Frances.

My Aunt Fran was the most admired person I knew when I was a child of seven. (my first real memory was in the mid 40's) I remember vividly how she would take the time every morning before school to curl my hair, dress me in a freshly ironed dress (plaid-funny how that sticks in my mind) (the iron was heated from a wood and coal stove) she put bows in my hair which made me feel so pretty.

My first experience of the Boston Common, the Swan Boats, Frog Pond and most of all the lighting of...