Tribute to Frances

On the 24th of October 2006 I received a phone call from my my gt aunt Frances's son Colin telling me that Frances  had died in her home. On behalf of the Gagg families all over the world I offer our thoughts and prayers for Colin, Pam and their children.

I had been speaking to her on the previous Friday ,she was suffering from a chest infection and was feeling rather poorly,she was looking forward though  to her brother Fred reaching 98 years of age  on sunday 22nd October.She was going to phone me on the monday , unfortunately Friday was the last time I got to speak to her.

Frances was  my granddads youngest sister born 11th June 1918 ,she and her brother Fred were the only surviving members of my granddad's family .

Frances had a great sense of humour and enjoyed  the give and take  of the family humour.

My nickname for her was Miriam and she called me Archibald.Whenever she phoned I would call her Miriam and she would laugh and say ' wait till get hold of you, I whack you with m y stick'.

She enjoyed the banter  with people and when I took my uncle Chris ,aunt Marji and uncle Fred over to see her she would laugh at the antics of Chris and Joke with me and Fred and sympathise with Marji at being part of this family.

Frances along with other members of the family gave me much of the information and photos that make up a lot of this website.She would tel me the stories of growing up in this large family  about her brothers and sisters, the love she had for them all, especially Nell and Fred.

Her dearest wish over the last couple of years was to see 'her Fred'  get his 100th  birthday telegram from the queen.

I think that two years from now she will be looking down and cheering Fred on.

Frances and Alec's wedding

Frances with her brothers Frank and Harry                                                 Frances September 2005

Fred and Francis 2004                                                                                                 George and Frances