Frances Krauskopf Conley

miss you my dear fran

love yuo frany

I was fortunate enough to work for Fran and Phil Conley as their house cleaner for many years. Fran always made me feel welcome in their home and always had a special snack and coffee waiting when I arrived. She was an extremely kind, positive and energetic person who was always very interested in my life and my artwork. She was a great lover of animals and lavished lots of attention on her dog and cats. When we moved to Washington, I didn´t stay in touch with her as much as I should have....

I recall the wonderful experiences Fran and I had at Stanford Medical School. She was an outstanding colleague and a great person. I offer my condolences to her family and friends.

I didn't know this lady but I do know we need more people like her in this world.

In the late summer of 1982 I received an interesting assignment from Time Magazine. They were preparing a big cover story on Women´s Fitness and they wanted me to photograph a brain surgeon at Stanford University who threw the javelin. That is how I met Fran-Dr. Frances K. Conley, MD, Professor of Neurosurgery at Stanford Med School and Chief of Neurosurgery at the Palo Alto VA Hospital. We had a good time doing the shoot and we went on to become very good friends. She was someone for whom I...

Our families were joined by the deep friendship of our fathers. Both were graduate students at the UC Berkeley College of Chemistry, and when we children came along, we shared picnics at the beach every year or so, along with Nick Nixon's family. Konnie and my father Daniel and third musketeer Nick spent part of a summer in the high sierra, including Muir Pass, in the '30's. All three lived into their 90s, and all three died within a year of each other, around 2003. My condolences to...

I knew Fran as a teenager. My mother, Estelle Hoffman, was an administrative assistant in the Neuropatholgy dept, at Stanford University Hospital and got to be friends with Fran and Phil. We would go up to Fran and Phil's 2nd home in Sea Ranch back in the 1970's. Fran was a forefront feminist in the medical field and paved the way for women to be acknowledged in a very sexist environment. I contacted Fran a few years ago via a telephone call and was so happy to say hello after so many...

Dr. Conley was the spine surgeon for my father in the early 1980s. As a former athlete he and Dr. Conley hit it off from the start. Treatment was evolving and my dad needed a steady hand to improve his quality of life. He bought her book as soon as it came out and was thrilled when she signed it for him. A brilliant pioneer who led a remarkable life.