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23800 - 104th Avenue W
Edmonds, Washington 98020
March 4, 2010
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January 4, 1909
Berkeley, California
February 1, 2010
Denver, Colorado
Berkeley, California
February 1, 2010
Denver, Colorado
Frances Louise Thompson was born in Berkeley, CA, the younger daughter of Anna R. and Dr. John E. Thompson. Her mother was an artist and her father practiced medicine in San Francisco. Frances graduated from the Anna Head School in Berkeley. As a young woman, she studied piano in San Francisco under one of Nadia Boulanger’s students, performed in concerts and recitals, and attended the University of California Berkeley, before she was stricken with polio. After her recovery, she married William Cook Bennett in 1934. Frances and Bill’s children, Thomas Hugh and Anna Katharine, were born in Oakland, CA in 1935 and 1942. In 1947, the family moved to Vancouver, Canada, where they lived until the late 1960s.
After Bill’s retirement, Frances and Bill moved to Seattle to be near their grandchildren, Tom and Marilyn Lois Johansen Bennett’s three children, Kristen Louise (Jens Johanson), Karen Anne (Alan Herr) and Karl Erik. After Bill passed away in 1979, Frances continued to live in the Seattle area, where she thrived in her role as “Tutu” to her grandchildren. Among her many creative activities, she designed and made miniature needlepoint rugs for local groups and charities, including rugs that furnished a miniature of George Washington’s Mount Vernon home, which was displayed at Mount Vernon. A collection of...
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