Ira Russell Francies
Dec. 1, 1907-Oct. 29, 1986
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, October 30, 1986, page 2, col. 1-2, microfilm Niles District Library
Ira Russell Francies, 78, 900 Mobile Blvd., Lot 72, Niles, died at 9:38 a.m. Wednsday at St. Joseph's Medical Center, South Bend, Ind.
He was a self-employed painting contractor and a retired executive director of Painting and Decorating Contractors of America Inc. He also was active for 38 years as an adult leader in Boy Scouts and was a member of the Mother Church of the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston and the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Niles.
Born Dec. 1, 1907 in White Plans, N.Y., he lived in Yonkers, N.Y., moving to Niles 11 year ago.
On Jan. 6, 1945 in Norfolk, Va., he married Alyce M. Ryan, who survives.
Also surviving are a son, Peter Francies of Oxford; a daughter, Ellen Francies of Niles; a sister, Muriel Margitich of Holly Hill, Fla.; and two grandchildren.
Services are 10 a.m. Friday at Halbritter Funeral Home with Aleta Styers, a Christian Science reader with the First Church of Christ, Scientist in Niles, officiating. Burial is at Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.