Frances L. (Mosher) Marks

Jan. 26, 1919 - Jan. 15, 2013
SOUTH BEND - A funeral service for Frances L. Marks, 93, was held at 1 pm January 20, 2013, at the First Presbyterian Church in Cody, Wyoming. Interment was on January 21, 2013, at 10 am in Riverside Cemetery. Mrs. Marks died January 15 at West Park Hospital Long Term Care Center in Cody. She was born January 26, 1919, in Belleview, Michigan, to Melvin and Margaret Mosher.

Mrs. Marks graduated from James Whitcomb Riley High School and was a nursing graduate of Epworth Memorial Hospital, both in South Bend, Indiana.

As a World War II Army nurse, she survived the bombing and sinking of a hospital ship in the Atlantic, and served in field hospitals in North Africa and Italy. After her marriage to Fred Marks, she continued her nursing career at West Park County Hospital in Cody for 13 years. Mrs. Marks was a member of the First Presbyterian Church and Olive Branch Rebekah Lodge. An avid oil painter, she will be remembered for her landscapes of Wyoming.

Frances is survived by her daughters, Ruth (Dean) Lewallen of Caster, WY, and Barbara Marks of Bloomington, IN; grandchildren, Tom (Dawn) Lewallen of Cody, WY, Regina (Brian) Juhl of Caster and Keith Lewallen of Caster; 6 great-grandchildren, Todd (Elizabeth) Lewallen, Tavia Lewallen, William and Christopher Juhl, Kyra and Jarrin Lewallen; great-great-granddaughter, Temprance Lewallen of Caspter, WY; brother, Donald Mosher of Naples, FL; sister, Estella (Stephen) Latowski of South Bend, IN; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Fred; son, Thomas; daughter, Jo Ann; and brothers, Warren and Phillip Mosher. Contributions may be sent to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society or the American Cancer Society.

Published by South Bend Tribune on Jan. 27, 2013.

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