Birth date: Jan 29, 1918 Death date: Oct 18, 2016
Mrs. C. Frances Dunham, 98, passed away early Tuesday morning, October 18, 2016 in Muskegon. She was born January 29, 1918 to Albert and Verna (Smith) Gardner in LaSalle, IL, and moved to the Muskegon area from Kalamazoo in 2005. Read Obituary
Please accept my family's heartfelt condolences on the loss of your dear loved one. May you find comfort in fond memories, and The Almighty God's promise in the Bible, to restore those asleep in death to perfect life on a paradise Earth.
All my sympathy to Fran's family. I worked with her for many years at the Kalamazoo Nature Center, and she taught me so much!. She was a dear friend and I will remember her always.. Karen Bowman
I had the great privilege of working with Fran at both the Plainwell and Parchment libraries. She taught me a lot about library accounting! She was already past the typical retirement age when I met her, but her work as a bookkeeper was exemplary and continued to be until the day she did retire.
She also taught me what a can-do attitude can accomplish. She was in her 80's when we converted from a paper to a computerized accounting system. Instead of saying "I can't, I don't know how to use a computer," she didn't bat an eye - just rolled up her sleeves and mastered the computerized system in a very short time. What an amazing lady.
We've all missed her (at both libraries!) since she retired. She always brought a bright smile and a ray of sunshine with her when she came to work. We extend our deepest sympathy to her family and hope that the many, many happy memories Fran left us will sustain you at this sad time.
--Teresa Stannard, Director, Parchment Community Library
Well we have another sweet angel even thou it is sad to say good bye I know we will see each other again Rest in Peace
