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Frances Lucille Thomson VanScoyoc
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Birth: Jan. 3, 1916
Kansas, USA
Death: Jan. 1, 2012
Manhattan
Riley County
Kansas, USA
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Spouse:
Fred L. Vanscoyoc (1910 - 1996)
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Married Dec. 12, 1936
Burial:
Sunset Cemetery
Manhattan
Riley County
Kansas, USA
Created by: Roger
Record added: Jan 03, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 82925377
- [S927] Obituary.
Frances Lucille Thomson VanScoyoc, 95, of Manhattan, died January 1, 2012, at Wroten House in Meadowlark Hills Retirement Community, Manhattan. Frances was born on January 3, 1916, the third of four daughters of Harry Gillispie Thomson and Tessie Carr Thomson. She moved to Manhattan with her family as a young girl and spent two extended periods in the city. She attended Bluemont and Woodrow Wilson Elementary Schools and graduated from Manhattan High School in 1936. Frances was a lifetime member of the First Christian Church of Manhattan.
On December 12, 1936 she married Fred L. VanScoyoc at her parent's home in Manhattan. He preceded her in death in 1996.
Frances and Fred lived in Wichita between 1936 and 1960 where she enjoyed her work for White Star Industrial Company. She was especially proud of being one of the first women to be trained in early computer usage for the company. In 1960 she and Fred returned to Manhattan where she taught children with disabilities at the Federation of Handicapped Children, which was the starting entity for the current Big Lakes Developmental Center. Many children grew through Frances' skilled and intuitive approach to teaching.
After retiring in 1974, Frances and Fred traveled in a motorhome throughout the United States with their great friends Joanne and Warren Bayer formerly of Manhattan. Frances enthusiastically enrolled in classes in china painting and porcelain and bisque doll making and delighted in sharing her skill with others. Frances and Fred were also avid antique collectors and especially enjoyed driving their 1937 baby-blue Cord in parades and car shows.
Favorites things that brought smiles to her face and great blessings to Frances included: learning to drive a car at age 44; sitting on the south porch swing of her Manhattan home talking with family and friends; making cookies, especially the world-famous melt-in-your-mouth sugar cookies; having her family and friends visit; and a grand vacation in England in 1999 with her dear friend and care giver Nancy Bolsen.
Besides her husband and her parents, Frances' three sisters Christabelle Fitzgerald, Virginia Green and Mildred Frieri preceded her in death. Survivors include her daughter-like friend Nancy Bolsen and partner Mary Kay Siefers of Manhattan, nieces and nephews Jerry and Joanne Fitzgerald, Boscobel, WI; Christa Wimmers, Albany, OR; Ted Baker, Cross Plains, WI; Bonny and Dan Shay, Las Vegas, NV; Donna and Bill Bender, Chicago, IL; Concetta and Orzano Peconio, Bensenville, IL; Darlene and Ralph Shortt, East Holden, ME; and Linda and Don Asther, Roland, AR; and many great and great-great nieces and nephews. Numerous friends will dearly miss her.
Cremation is planned. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 A.M. Friday, May 18th, at Sunset Cemetery with Reverend Ben Duerfeldt officiating. Family and friends are invited to meet at 10:00 A.M. Friday at the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home to form a procession to the cemetery.
Memorial contributions can be made in Frances' name to Big Lakes Developmental Center and may be sent to the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home., 1616 Poyntz Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502.
Online condolences may be left for the family by clicking on "Send Condolences" on this page.
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1916 - 2012 (95 years)