Frances Costis

COSTIS, Frances Lifsey, 60, of Clearwater, peacefully passed away Monday, December 12, 2005, at home. She was a native Floridian born in Tampa, an H.B. Plant High School graduate, a homemaker and mother of five children as well as an expectant grandmother. All of those left behind will deeply miss her loving spirit, compassion and unconditional love. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the ladies auxiliary club. She was the daughter of the late Julian H. Lifsey Jr. and Helen Gilmer Lifsey, and stepdaughter to Mary Ann Lifsey McCandless. Survivors include four sons, Matthew Costis, Largo, Alec Costis, Marietta, Ga., Mark Costis, Clearwater, and Sean Costis, St. Petersburg; a daughter, Becky Costis, Clearwater; the children's father, George A. Costis, Clearwater; and two brothers, J. Stanford Lifsey, Tampa, and J. Conrad Lifsey, San Francisco, Calif. Funeral services will be Friday at Moss Feaster Funeral Home, Serenity Gardens, Largo, with viewing 11 a.m.-1 p.m. a nd service at 1 p.m., with burial following at Myrtle Hill Memorial Park, Tampa. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that all donations be made in her name to All Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 3142, St. Petersburg, FL 33731-3142.