Wahkiakum Eagle-June 2001

FRANCIS, Betty J.

  Age 80, of Cathlamet, died at an area hospice center.  She was born 
to Howard and Elizabeth (Iler) Jeans in Long Beach, Calif.
  She graduated from high school in 1939 and attended Pasadena Junior 
College.  She married Bill Francis on November 19, 1943 in Pasadena and 
they moved from Arizona to Cathlamet in 1990. 
  She bred and showed Poodles, Shihtzu and Japanese Chin dogs for most 
of her life.  She was a judge for the American Kennel Club for five 
years and had been in the process of writing a book about the Japanese 
Chin.  She was a member of the American Kennel Club since 1938, and was 
also a member of the Japanese Chin Club of America.  She loved to 
travel and had done so extensively.  She was a musician and dancer and 
had enjoyed modeling.
  Survivors include her husband, at home; a son, Brian of Cathlamet; 
four daughters, Jennifer Francis of West Palm Beach, Fla., Janet Gatzke 
of Nahcotta, Pamela Lamm of San Diego,, Calif., and Kathleen Tharp of
Huachuca City, Ariz.; 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grand-children; one 
great-great-grandchild and many nieces and nephews.
  No service was held.
  Dowling Funeral Home was in charge.


Betty J. (Jeans) Francis
Burial Place Unknown
19 May 1921-17 Jun 2001
(As transcribed by the Wahkiakum County Historical Society 2005 from 
original newspaper collection.)