Jill: I found the obit for James E. FRANCIS today. It was in the 2 January 1985 issue of the Salinas Californian. Here is what it said, and I will send it to you if you email me your address. "James E. FRANCIS of 348 Iris Drive, Salinas, died Thursday at Skyline Convalescent Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was 74. A native of Ponca, Neb., he had lived in Salinas nine years. He was a retired truck driver for Fruehauf Trucking and was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd. He is survived by two daughters, Debbie HERR of Salinas and Charlene FREY of Buena Park; a step-daughter Beverly MALONEY of Salinas; a son, Franklin FRANCIS of Anaheim; a step-son, Thomas KNATCHER of Salinas; a brother, Leo FRANCIS of Seattle, Wash., and 10 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Marie FRANCIS, in 1983. Memorial services are scheduled at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, with the Rev. Wendell J. BROWN and Rev. Russell JOHNSON, pastor and associate pastor of the church respectively, officiating. Private inurnment is to be in Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Healey Mortuary." In the Recorder's office I found the death date of his wife, Marie Catherine FRANCIS. She died 27 April 1983. I found no death for Clarence FRANCIS, but I see from the postings today that he died in Los Angeles County. I found a lot of other FRANCIS's in the Monterey County Death Index 1/63 through 12/98, but I don't know who else might be related since he apparently only lived there for about nine years. I found a marriage for a James Edward FRANCIS to Colleen Ann ROMERO, 31 July 1962, in the Marriage Index. (License #0074 0126). Don't know if this could be one of his marriages. There were also 3 marriages for an Urban Leo FRANCIS or FRANCIS, Jr. in this Index. Also, I looked up all of his local children and step-children in the Monterey County phone book under the Salinas listings, and found none of them for sure except that there are two MALONEY listings for males. Good luck. --Sheila P. In a message dated 3/10/99 7:27:26 AM Pacific Standard Time, jtwells@oregontrail.net writes: << Sheila, Thank you for doing this, I was starting to wonder about if the Francis side of my really existed.. just kidding. But no one ever talked about each other and when my dad died, he was still had hard feelings about his brother (James) over some petty thing that happened years and years ago. The only dates that I have for Clarence E. Francis is that he was born June 2, 1882 and died July 1964. I don't have the day that he died, just the month and year. I hope this helps. Jill >Jill: Tomorrow (Weds. 3/10) afternoon, I am going to the Steinbeck Public >Library in Salinas to look up obits in the Salinas Californian. If you would >like, I will look up James E. Francis for you. His zip code at death, 93906, >is for the North Salinas area, so we have a good chance of finding his obit >in this paper. If you get the Clarence Francis dates, I can try to find him >too. > >--Sheila P. > >In a message dated 3/9/99 8:09:57 PM Pacific Standard Time, norby@ainet.com >writes: > ><< Hi Jill, > > James E. Francis, 508-05-6663, Monterey, Dec. 27, 1984, #181302 > > Social Security Death Index: U.S., 1937-1995 > Francis, James Birth date : Mar 14, 1910 > Iss. : NE > Death date : Dec 1984 > SS# : 508-05-6663 > Residence code : CA > Zip code of last known residence : 93906 > > There were a number of Clarence Francis death dates 1940-89, which I wrote > down. Did you want those listings also? > > Colleen N. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: TIMOTHY G. WELLS <jtwells@oregontrail.net> > To: Norby Family <norby@ainet.com> > Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 7:48 AM > Subject: RE: James Francis CADI > > > >Colleen, > > > >The only date I have for James Francis is Dec 1984. I'm trying to locate > an > >Obit for him as it seems that the Francis family keeps moving around and > >never keeps in touch. My dad was the last of James' brothers and sister to > >pass away and he never talked about his family much. Any information would > >be helpful. > > > >Jill Wells > > > > >>>I'm looking for information on my uncle James E. Francis who died in > >>>Monterey county in 1984. He had a brother Leo from Seattle and had two > >>>sibling precede him in death but don't know the names. Also possible is > >>>my grandfather Clarence Francis who maybe resided or died in Monterey > >>>county but don't know. Thank you. > >>> Jill Wells > >> > >>