- Frances was the older of two daughters of Jesse Earl Jordan (1896-1947) and his first wife, Myrtle Bates (1896-1958). She appears in Minneapolis in the census of 1920, age 4, as a granddaughter, living with her parents and sister in the home of her mother's mother and her second husband Herman Jones. In 1930, she lives in San Francisco with her parents and sister Virginia. The 1930 census is the last that records this family as intact. In August 1931, Virginia's father married her aunt, Myrtle's sister Louise Bates.
About 1935, Frances married Howard Joseph Frank (1915-1993); their daughter Patricia Lee was born in 1936. The census of 1940 finds the family in San Francisco (Frank's birthplace) living with Frances' remarried mother Myrtle Kent (but not her husband). When Howard, age 25, registered for the draft (ca. 1942) in San Francisco, he named "Miss" Myrtle Kent, his mother in law, as his next of kin. The address was 222 15th Ave. in San Francisco (same as in the 1940 census); this is also the address given for Myrtle, so she still lived with the couple at that time. Frank, a policeman, worked for San Francisco Police Department.
By 1950, both of Patrica Lee Frank's parents have remarried - her father to Helen Sloan and her mother to Chester Hymes, and both had children with their new spouses. Myrtle Kent lives with Frances and Chester Hymes in San Francisco in 1950. Chester is a postal clerk. In that census, two of Chester's children by his first marriage, Steven and Sandra, live with them and there is a new daughter, Jessica, born that year. Chester and Frances would have four daughters -Jessica, Kimberly, Wendy, and Cynthia. Patricia is not with either parent in the 1950 census and I have been unable to locate her for that year. In some documents, she used her stepfather's name, Hymes.
Frances remained in San Francisco, where she died on 22 April 1995.
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The San Francisco Examiner
25 April 1995 Page# 11
San Francisco, California
HYMES , Frances L. : On April 22, 1995, at the age of 79 died peacefully
at her home in San Francisco .. Preceded in death by her husband, Chester
'Chet' Hymes.. Loving mother to Pat McQuaid, Jessica Lester, Kimberly Hymes,
Wendy Witten and Cynthia Desler.. Cherished grandmother to Allison, Scott,
Matthew, Megan, Otis, Calvin, Jesse Elizabeth, Hayley, Frances, Emily, Michelle
and three great grandchildren , all of whom affectionately called her 'Nan' ..
Foster parent to Kathy Young… Respected mother-n-law to Don McQuaid,
John Witten and Peter Desler… She was a special friend to Lynda McNeal,
Gregory Mandrussow, Linda Lesrienne, Lars Schmidt and Ron Lester… For
57 years, Frances, a long time neighborhood institution at Filmore and
Sacramento Streets, operated Marcella's Beauty Shop … She will be missed
by her customers …
She treasured her family and friends .. She loved San Francisco, her work, books,
her garden and 'the horses' … She was a source of wisdom and comfort and mother
to many.. Because she was always growing, she never grew old ..
Friends are invited to attend a memorial service on Thursday, April 27, 1995 at 7 PM
In the Evergreen Mortuary of McAvoy O'Hara Company, Geary Boulevard at Tenth
Avenue … The family prefers donations to be made to the Epilepsy Foundation ….
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Jindra and Chaloupka Families
1915 - 1995 (80 years)
d. 3 Oct 1947, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States 