Frances Dora Bacus, age 101, passed away on Thursday, November 4, 2014 after a brief illness.
She was born on March 14, 1913 in Springfield, OR, the fifth child of John and Mabel Bower.
Frances married Roland Lutz on June 30, 1939. The couple had two children, Arthur A Lutz and Mary A. Lutz. Roland passed away in May of 1942 in Los Angeles, CA.
On August 19, 1945 Frances married W.K. (Kenneth) Bacus. They moved to Sedro-Woolley, where they resided for the next thirty years. They adopted son Robert H. Bacus completing their immediate family.
Kenneth and Frances enjoyed their retirement years traveling around the country in a motorhome and later living in Yucaipa, CA.
Kenneth preceded Frances in death on May 28, 1996. She later moved to Olympia, WA to be near her daughter Mary Lutz Sherman. She lived with Mary in Tumwater, WA since 2002.
At Frances’s request there will be no services and she will be laid to rest at the Hamilton Cemetery next to her husband Kenneth Bacus.
Mary,
I am so sorry to see that your mom has passed, but am glad you and she were able to go and to do so many interesting and fun things during the time she has resided with you. It is always a blessing when our parents are able to watch us grow up then watch our children and then their children as well. I know this leaves a void in your family circle, as it did when I lost my mom, but we have a lot of good memories of our times together with them and the memories will continue to come every so often as we think of something else about them. Your mother was such a jewel and so sweet, someone who was always friendly to all of us during our years of growing up. Please accept my condolences on her passing and my sympathy to you and yours.
Love Linda