Frankie Anne Foley

Frankie Key West - Foley Anne (Endico) Foley Frances Ann ("Frankie") Endico of Key West Dies at 74

Former masseuse, art gallery and jewelry store sales associate, and thirty-year Key West resident, Frances Ann Endico, died on Sept. 21, 2025, at Lake Montgomery Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lake City, Fla. After having suffered a massive stroke in May of 2019, Frankie was in and out of care until the end. She died at 74.

The daughter of Pedro and Dolores (Labajo) Endico, Frankie was born in Norfolk, VA. on March 18, 1951. Her father had a naval career and served throughout the Mediterranean, the United Kingdom, and home ports in the US. Frankie spent her childhood moving from port of call to port of call. Her father retired as a Chief Petty Officer in Boca Chica, Key West.

Frankie graduated from Southwest Miami High School in 1969. She then took some classes at Miami Dade Community College before completing a massage and aesthetician certification program. She settled in Key West, which was, her sister Della said, "always her happy place."

Frankie loved people and made everyone feel seen and respected. "People loved her," Della said. "She had such a smile that they would gravitate to her; they wanted to talk with her."

A lover of wine and of good conversation, Frankie's people skills served her well in her work at Nance Franke's Gallery on Greene, the best gallery in Key West according to the locals. "She got to know the artists well," Della explained, "and she knew how to connect buyers to the appropriate artists."

Frankie worked as a masseuse late into her life, and she was, according to her husband Kevin Foley, a real cat person. "Cats loved her," he said. She also knew how to make friends and to keep them, remaining close with friends from as far back as high school.

Frankie was "spontaneous and fearless," Kevin said, "a real free spirit."

"We met in 1995 when I was Captain of the America," a replica boat modeled after the boat that inspired the America's Cup. "We were docked in Key West for the winter. I went into the Schooner Wharf Bar for a drink," Kevin began as he told the story of how he and Frankie got together.

Frankie walked into the bar with two friends, looked at Kevin and said, "Who are you?" He responded that he was Captain of the large sailing ship docked near the bar, which, Kevin explained, "Frankie very much doubted." He erased her doubt by inviting her on board for a tour. She invited him to an art opening that evening, where she asked him to buy a $400.00 painting, one of three of the same yellow house. Though perplexed, he bought it, and true to her word, Franke paid him back a week later.

After the art gallery visit, Frankie invited Kevin to her place for dinner. "Can you cook," she asked? He said yes, so she told him he would do the cooking for what turned out to be a dinner party. They were together thereafter, making it official on May 15, 1999.

During their years together, Frankie found her way to Italy for a two-week visit, and she and Kevin visited Paris together. She also helped on the Hindu, another historic sailing ship that Kevin captained. "She sold cruise tickets and T-shirts when the ship was working out of Provincetown in the summer," Della said. They spent the winter with the boat in Frankie's beloved Key West.

A Memorial Service/Celebration of Life will take place on Nov. 18, 2025, at the Gallery on Greene at 606 Greene St. in Key West.

A private ceremony to spread her ashes at sea from on board the Hindu is scheduled the following day, Nov. 19, 2025.