Phyllis Mae Francis passed away November 13, 2008 at Lenoir Woods in Columbia, Missouri following a short illness. Phyllis was born February 28, 1927 at the family farm in Ovid, Michigan to Thelma Laureatte (Loy) and James C. Warren. On November 22, 1950, she married William H. Francis who preceded her in death on July 7, 1988. They moved to Fremont in 1955 where Phyllis first worked at Gerber Products Company, then at Gerber Memorial Hospital before starting her career with Reber & Reber Law Office until her retirement in 1988 and eventually moved to Mohave Valley, Arizona where she lived until moving to Columbia, Missouri in 2002. For many years Phyllis prepared taxes for families, farms and small business around the Fremont area. She was self-taught in probate court work and specialized in probate work while at Reber & Reber. Phyllis had been active in the Fremont chapter of The Order of the Eastern Star and she was past Worthy Matron. She enjoyed hosting friends and relatives at her desert home in Arizona and was fond of showing them the sights of nearby Las Vegas. Phyllis is survived by her children, Timothy (Belinda) Francis of Morgan City, Louisiana; Cynthia (Douglas) Bowman of Muskegon; Rebecca Francis of Columbia, Missouri; Richard Francis of Fremont; Chris (Dana) Francis of Lowell; eleven grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren, her brother, Bruce (Mona) Warren of Sand Springs, Oklahoma; her sister, Mildred Lucelia Reynnells of Toronto, Ontario Canada; sister-in-law, Mary Warren of Owosso Michigan; sisters- and brothers-in-law, Ken and Dorothy Stewart of Corunna, Michigan; Ed and Donna Kviz of New Lothrop, Michigan; her aunt, Margie Warner of Detroit Michigan; many nieces, nephews and cousins. Besides her parents and husband, Phyllis was preceded in death by her daughter Charlotte Francis, her sister Norma Jean, her brother Loy Warren, her sister Mary Ellen Roney, three brothers-in-law, one sister-in-law and a nephew. Memorial services will be held on Thursday, November 20, 2008 at 11am at the Fremont United Methodist Church with a time of visitation from 10:30 until the time of the services with interment in the Maple Grove Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions in Phyllis' memory to LSS at Lenoir Woods, 3300 New Haven Road, Columbia, MO 65201. Friends may send a condolence or share a memory with the Francis family online at www.crandellfh.com. Arrangements by Crandell Funeral Home Fremont Chapel. Grandma - I think about you everyday, and I miss you more each and every day! Today is no special day, not your birthday, not a holiday, just another day that my heart achesI love you and miss you. /Sonja