Frances M. Roe's Obituary
Frances M. Roe, age 88, longtime resident of Garland, Texas, passed away peacefully on August 06, 2011 surrounded by her family. She was born on July 9, 1923 in Waxahachie, Texas and was the youngest of four siblings. She married Harold Roe in Rockwall, Texas, on November 15, 1945. They had two children. Frances will be remembered by her children, Terry Roe and wife Vickie, Gail M. Gooch and husband Clay; sister, Kathryn Westbrook; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband Harold; her brother, Woodrow Mitchell; and her sister, Evelyn Alston. Relatives and friends are invited to a visitation for Frances at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, August 9, 2011 at Restland Wildwood Chapel. The funeral service in Wildwood Chapel will follow at 10:00 a.m. The family is grateful for the loving and tender care Frances received in her last days by her physicians, many caregivers at Baylor Hospital (Garland), Winters Park Memory Care, and the wonderful nurses and staff of Golden Heritage Hospice. Words cannot describe the comfort, support and ministry they and Frances’ friends provided to Frances and her family during this difficult time. To all of those extraordinary people, the family offers the following scripture: “And the King will say, ‘I tell you the truth, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me!'” Matthew 25:40.
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