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Mary B. Francois,   Age 96
Visitation Location: Benson Funeral Home, St. Cloud, MN
Visitation Date/Time: Sunday, August 21, 2005 from 4 to 7 PM
Prayer Service Time: Sunday, August 21, 2005 at 7:00 PM
Funeral Time: Monday, August 22, 2005 at 10:30 AM
Funeral Location: St. Augustine Catholic Church, St. Cloud, MN
Burial Location: Assumption Cemetery, St. Cloud, MN
   
    MARY B. FRANCOIS, 96
    Waite Park, MN
    October 18, 1908 - August 18, 2005
    
    
     Mary Berdine Francois, age 96, Waite Park, MN died Thursday, August 18, 2005 at Sterling Park Health Care Center, Waite Park, MN.
     Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday, August 22, 2005 at 10:30 AM at St. Augustine Catholic Church, St. Cloud, MN. Visitation will be Sunday, August 21, 2005 from 4 to 7 PM at Benson Funeral Home, St. Cloud, MN and one hour prior to the service on Monday at the church. Parish prayers will be at 7:00 PM Sunday at the funeral home. Entombment will be at Assumption Cemetery, St. Cloud, MN.
     Mary Francois was born October 18, 1908 in Crosby, ND to Nicholas and Mary (Huls) Joyce. She married Sylvester J. Francois on February 22, 1936 in St. Paul, MN. She was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church.
     Survivors include sons and daughter, James “Jim” Francois of St. Cloud, MN; William “Bill” (Jennifer) Francois of Houston, TX; John ”Jack” Francois of St. Cloud, MN; Patricia “Pat” (Scott) Henderson of Montgomery, TX; brothers, Thomas J. Joyce of Seattle, WA; Raymond Joyce of Santa Barbara, CA; 15 grandchildren; 30 great grandchildren and 3 great great grandchildren.
     She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Sylvester, on September 13, 1980; daughters, Joan Johnson and Marguerite Zitur; grandsons, Keith Zitur and Tim Johnson; sisters, Margaret Joyce and Rose Joyce; and brother, Francis Joyce.
 
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