This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/3184.1 Message Board Post: Frances Darlene Poitevin September 2, 1913 - October 10, 2006 Visitation: Friday, October 13, 2006 1:00 PM until 8:00 PM Family will receive friends 7:00 PM until 8:00 PM Fouts Funeral Home 5th & Normal Street Woodbine, IA 51579 Service: Saturday, October 14, 2006 1:00 PM Fouts Funeral Home 5th & Normal Streets Woodbine, IA 51579 Frances Darlene Poitevin was born September 2, 1913, to Leslie and Emma (Wiggins) Poitevin at her parent’s home near Dow City, Iowa. Frances graduated from Dow City High School in 1932 and attended college in Cedar Falls for one year. She spent a number of years working in La Jolla, California, Seattle, Washington and several summers in North East Harbor, Maine as a maid. While living in Maine, she was given a ride to the store by John D. Rockefeller. However, she didn’t realize who he was until after the ride. She returned to Woodbine in 1959, living with and helping her parents. Her father died in 1960 and her mother in 1975. Frances was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Woodbine. She loved her flowers and her garden. She had around 80 peony plants; with her first one given to her from Herbert White in 1966. He gave her some lilacs the same year. Frances died on Tuesday, October 10, 2006, at Rose Vista Nursing Home in Woodbine, Iowa at the age of 93 years, one month, and eight days. Frances was preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Howard; three sisters, Mildred, Grace, and Lois; and niece Barbara. She is survived by her sister, Ferne Sharp of Woodbine, Iowa; nine nieces and nephews; and many other friends. Funeral Services Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine, Iowa Saturday, October 14, 2006, at 1:00 PM Clergy Rev. Shurmaine McAlpine Musicians Margaret Cotton Bill Hutcheson Max Poe Selections “How Great Thou Art” “In the Garden” Pall Bearers John Benedickt, Scott Ganzhorn, Forrest Johnson, Dwight Mills Ralph Pauley, Dennis Sharp Final Resting Place Dow City Cemetery Dow City, Iowa posted with permission from: Fouts Funeral Home Woodbine - Dunlap, IA www.foutsfuneralhome.com