Irma E. Francis

Irma E. Francis, 97, Ohio Living Dorothy Love, 3003 W. Cisco Rd., Sidney, Ohio, passed away at Ohio Living Dorothy Love on Friday, April 26, 2019 at 7:26 AM of natural causes. She was born November 24, 1921 in Sidney, Ohio the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Halpin) Gaier and they are deceased. She was married to Adrian Francis and he passed away on June 7, 1977. Surviving are five children, Jim (Diana) Francis of Sidney, Ohio; Tom (Mary Ellen) Francis of Roundhill, Virginia; Margaret (Dave) Baumer of Anna, Ohio; Ed (Carolee) Francis of Las Vegas, Nevada and Mike (Deborah) Francis of Fort Loramie, Ohio; one brother, Jim Gaier of Grand Rapids, Michigan; seventeen grandchildren; forty-five great-grandchildren and two step-great grandchildren. One daughter, Susan Francis and four sisters, Edna Gottemoeller, Louise Berry, Ruth Heckler and Marie Bauman are deceased. Mrs. Francis had worked at Copeland Corporation in Sidney, Ohio as a secretary and at Amos Press in Coin World as a proof reader and retired from Amos Press. She was a member of Holy Angels Catholic Church and the Altar Rosary Society at the church and a senior volunteer at Holy Angels School. A memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Holy Angels Catholic Church in Sidney, Ohio on Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at 10:30 AM with Rev. Frank Amberger. The Francis family will receive friends 1 hour before the mass at Holy Angels Catholic Church . Burial will follow at Graceland Cemetery, Sidney, Ohio. Memorial contributions may be made to Dorothy Love, Holy Angels Catholic Church or to the charity of one's choice. Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home in Sidney is handling the funeral arrangements. Condolences may be expressed to the Francis family on Salm-McGill and Tangeman Funeral Home's web site at: www.salm-mcgillandtangemanfh.com