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Mary Edith <I>Reynolds</I> Franklin

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Mary Edith Reynolds Franklin

Birth
Leon, Decatur County, Iowa, USA
Death
14 Feb 2003 (aged 83)
Pittsfield, Pike County, Illinois, USA
Burial
Winchester, Scott County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Edith Franklin, 83, of Winchester died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, at Pittsfield Manor. She was born Dec. 23, 1919, in Leon, Iowa, the daughter of Harrison Hyatt and May VanHorn Reynolds. She married William Franklin in 1945 in Burlington, Iowa; he died in 1966.

A son, Francis Dean Reynolds, and a daughter, Emma Louise Pearson, also preceded her in death.

Mrs. Franklin was a licensed practical nurse at State Hospital in Jacksonville for many years. She was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church.

Survivors: four daughters, Barbara (husband, Ron) Carter of Fort Madison, Iowa, Judy Franklin of Detroit and Linda (husband, Tom) Paul and Jane White, both of Winchester; two sons, James (wife, Nancy) Franklin of Burlington and William Howard Franklin of New London, Iowa; 25 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; three sisters-Retha McLain of Des Moines, Iowa, and Iva Judd and Dollie Sissel, both of Falmouth, KY; a brother, Carl Maxwell Reynolds of Des Moines; and many nieces and nephews.
Edith Franklin, 83, of Winchester died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, at Pittsfield Manor. She was born Dec. 23, 1919, in Leon, Iowa, the daughter of Harrison Hyatt and May VanHorn Reynolds. She married William Franklin in 1945 in Burlington, Iowa; he died in 1966.

A son, Francis Dean Reynolds, and a daughter, Emma Louise Pearson, also preceded her in death.

Mrs. Franklin was a licensed practical nurse at State Hospital in Jacksonville for many years. She was a member of Cornerstone Baptist Church.

Survivors: four daughters, Barbara (husband, Ron) Carter of Fort Madison, Iowa, Judy Franklin of Detroit and Linda (husband, Tom) Paul and Jane White, both of Winchester; two sons, James (wife, Nancy) Franklin of Burlington and William Howard Franklin of New London, Iowa; 25 grandchildren; 42 great-grandchildren; three sisters-Retha McLain of Des Moines, Iowa, and Iva Judd and Dollie Sissel, both of Falmouth, KY; a brother, Carl Maxwell Reynolds of Des Moines; and many nieces and nephews.

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