AUGUSTA - Frances Green Turner passed into the arms of angels the morning of May 5, 2016, at the Maine Veterans Home. She was born Frances Elaine Green on Feb. 24, 1920, in Holmesville, Neb. to Roy Brancen Green and Hester Jerene Kranbuehl Green.
She grew up in Northeastern Kansas graduating from Fostoria, Kansas High School as valedictorian of her class. She attended Kansas State College in Manhattan Kansas and Emporia State Teacher's College in Emporia, Kansas.
She married Gilbert Craig Turner of Wayne, Maine on Oct. 10, 1945. The marriage was in Kansas and they traveled to Maine by train first living on a cottage on Pocasset Lake. A year later they moved to West Sidney where they remained for the rest of their lives. Mrs. Turner taught one year in the State of Kansas, moved to Sidney in 1946 and taught at the Holmes School in Sidney for one and a half years. She was a member of the original faculty at the James H. Bean School in Sidney where she taught from 1957 until 1963. She later worked in the Military Personnel Section in the Adjutant General's Department at Camp Keyes for almost nine years.
She was a member of the Sidney Parent Teacher Club, the North Augusta Women's Extension Association, and the Kennebec County Extension Association Executive Board. In 2008 she received the Spirit of America Foundation Award for "exemplary altruistic service". Frances and Gilbert built a new house in the 1960's on Route 27 and also a camp on Great Pond where the family spent many memorable summers together with their next door neighbors Clarence and Marguerite Bean. Upon retirement, they built a home on the Golf Professional's Club near Beaufort, S.C. They spent the winter happily riding around the two-course layout in their custom golf cart while admiring nature and one another.
Gilbert and Frances were also loyal patrons of The Red Barn throughout its history. They were honored by The Red Barn in 2010 when a dining booth was dedicated to them in a ceremony conducted by the mayor of the city of Augusta. She was known for her altruism; her trust in the Bible, and her optimistic outlook about everything in life.
She is survived by her husband Gilbert; one son, Stephen and wife Jo-Ann; one grandson, Jason Gilbert Turner; and two great-grandsons, Henry Turner and George Turner.
She was predeceased by her only stepson Gilbert C. Turner, Jr., who died a hero in Viet Nam in 1969.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the staff of The Maine Veteran's Home, Augusta, who cared for her with great diligence, love and competence.
Burial will be at the Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road, in Augusta. (Central Maine Newspapers 5/17/2016 and Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home)
She grew up in Northeastern Kansas graduating from Fostoria, Kansas High School as valedictorian of her class. She attended Kansas State College in Manhattan Kansas and Emporia State Teacher's College in Emporia, Kansas.
She married Gilbert Craig Turner of Wayne, Maine on Oct. 10, 1945. The marriage was in Kansas and they traveled to Maine by train first living on a cottage on Pocasset Lake. A year later they moved to West Sidney where they remained for the rest of their lives. Mrs. Turner taught one year in the State of Kansas, moved to Sidney in 1946 and taught at the Holmes School in Sidney for one and a half years. She was a member of the original faculty at the James H. Bean School in Sidney where she taught from 1957 until 1963. She later worked in the Military Personnel Section in the Adjutant General's Department at Camp Keyes for almost nine years.
She was a member of the Sidney Parent Teacher Club, the North Augusta Women's Extension Association, and the Kennebec County Extension Association Executive Board. In 2008 she received the Spirit of America Foundation Award for "exemplary altruistic service". Frances and Gilbert built a new house in the 1960's on Route 27 and also a camp on Great Pond where the family spent many memorable summers together with their next door neighbors Clarence and Marguerite Bean. Upon retirement, they built a home on the Golf Professional's Club near Beaufort, S.C. They spent the winter happily riding around the two-course layout in their custom golf cart while admiring nature and one another.
Gilbert and Frances were also loyal patrons of The Red Barn throughout its history. They were honored by The Red Barn in 2010 when a dining booth was dedicated to them in a ceremony conducted by the mayor of the city of Augusta. She was known for her altruism; her trust in the Bible, and her optimistic outlook about everything in life.
She is survived by her husband Gilbert; one son, Stephen and wife Jo-Ann; one grandson, Jason Gilbert Turner; and two great-grandsons, Henry Turner and George Turner.
She was predeceased by her only stepson Gilbert C. Turner, Jr., who died a hero in Viet Nam in 1969.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the staff of The Maine Veteran's Home, Augusta, who cared for her with great diligence, love and competence.
Burial will be at the Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road, in Augusta. (Central Maine Newspapers 5/17/2016 and Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home)
AUGUSTA - Frances Green Turner passed into the arms of angels the morning of May 5, 2016, at the Maine Veterans Home. She was born Frances Elaine Green on Feb. 24, 1920, in Holmesville, Neb. to Roy Brancen Green and Hester Jerene Kranbuehl Green.
She grew up in Northeastern Kansas graduating from Fostoria, Kansas High School as valedictorian of her class. She attended Kansas State College in Manhattan Kansas and Emporia State Teacher's College in Emporia, Kansas.
She married Gilbert Craig Turner of Wayne, Maine on Oct. 10, 1945. The marriage was in Kansas and they traveled to Maine by train first living on a cottage on Pocasset Lake. A year later they moved to West Sidney where they remained for the rest of their lives. Mrs. Turner taught one year in the State of Kansas, moved to Sidney in 1946 and taught at the Holmes School in Sidney for one and a half years. She was a member of the original faculty at the James H. Bean School in Sidney where she taught from 1957 until 1963. She later worked in the Military Personnel Section in the Adjutant General's Department at Camp Keyes for almost nine years.
She was a member of the Sidney Parent Teacher Club, the North Augusta Women's Extension Association, and the Kennebec County Extension Association Executive Board. In 2008 she received the Spirit of America Foundation Award for "exemplary altruistic service". Frances and Gilbert built a new house in the 1960's on Route 27 and also a camp on Great Pond where the family spent many memorable summers together with their next door neighbors Clarence and Marguerite Bean. Upon retirement, they built a home on the Golf Professional's Club near Beaufort, S.C. They spent the winter happily riding around the two-course layout in their custom golf cart while admiring nature and one another.
Gilbert and Frances were also loyal patrons of The Red Barn throughout its history. They were honored by The Red Barn in 2010 when a dining booth was dedicated to them in a ceremony conducted by the mayor of the city of Augusta. She was known for her altruism; her trust in the Bible, and her optimistic outlook about everything in life.
She is survived by her husband Gilbert; one son, Stephen and wife Jo-Ann; one grandson, Jason Gilbert Turner; and two great-grandsons, Henry Turner and George Turner.
She was predeceased by her only stepson Gilbert C. Turner, Jr., who died a hero in Viet Nam in 1969.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the staff of The Maine Veteran's Home, Augusta, who cared for her with great diligence, love and competence.
Burial will be at the Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road, in Augusta. (Central Maine Newspapers 5/17/2016 and Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home)
She grew up in Northeastern Kansas graduating from Fostoria, Kansas High School as valedictorian of her class. She attended Kansas State College in Manhattan Kansas and Emporia State Teacher's College in Emporia, Kansas.
She married Gilbert Craig Turner of Wayne, Maine on Oct. 10, 1945. The marriage was in Kansas and they traveled to Maine by train first living on a cottage on Pocasset Lake. A year later they moved to West Sidney where they remained for the rest of their lives. Mrs. Turner taught one year in the State of Kansas, moved to Sidney in 1946 and taught at the Holmes School in Sidney for one and a half years. She was a member of the original faculty at the James H. Bean School in Sidney where she taught from 1957 until 1963. She later worked in the Military Personnel Section in the Adjutant General's Department at Camp Keyes for almost nine years.
She was a member of the Sidney Parent Teacher Club, the North Augusta Women's Extension Association, and the Kennebec County Extension Association Executive Board. In 2008 she received the Spirit of America Foundation Award for "exemplary altruistic service". Frances and Gilbert built a new house in the 1960's on Route 27 and also a camp on Great Pond where the family spent many memorable summers together with their next door neighbors Clarence and Marguerite Bean. Upon retirement, they built a home on the Golf Professional's Club near Beaufort, S.C. They spent the winter happily riding around the two-course layout in their custom golf cart while admiring nature and one another.
Gilbert and Frances were also loyal patrons of The Red Barn throughout its history. They were honored by The Red Barn in 2010 when a dining booth was dedicated to them in a ceremony conducted by the mayor of the city of Augusta. She was known for her altruism; her trust in the Bible, and her optimistic outlook about everything in life.
She is survived by her husband Gilbert; one son, Stephen and wife Jo-Ann; one grandson, Jason Gilbert Turner; and two great-grandsons, Henry Turner and George Turner.
She was predeceased by her only stepson Gilbert C. Turner, Jr., who died a hero in Viet Nam in 1969.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to the staff of The Maine Veteran's Home, Augusta, who cared for her with great diligence, love and competence.
Burial will be at the Maine Veteran's Memorial Cemetery, Mount Vernon Road, in Augusta. (Central Maine Newspapers 5/17/2016 and Knowlton and Hewins Funeral Home)
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