Frances Mary (Pringle) ASK

ASK, MCCLOSKEY, PRINGLE, BONNER, HILL

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/6/2009 at 11:20:08

05/05/2009
Belmond Independent, Iowa

Frances Mary Ask, 96, Webster City, died May 3, 2009 at Southfield Wellness Community. Services will be held Friday at 10:30 a.m. at Boman Funeral Home in Webster City with Rev. David Doerr officiating. Burial will be in the Roland Cemetery at a later date. Friends may call before the service starting at 9:30 a.m.

Frances was born July 1, 1912 in Webster City to Robert and Pearl (McCloskey) Pringle. She graduated from Webster City High School in 1931. She married Roy Charlie William Ask on March 1, 1935 in Webster City. The first year of marriage they farmed near Dows. The next 47 years were spent in Webster City where she worked in the sieve factory during WWII. Then she was employed by Morton Frozen Foods until the Webster City plant closed. Frances was a member of the women's club and the First Baptist Church. She enjoyed fishing, playing bridge, crocheting and especially spending time with her grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; brothers Joseph Richard and Kenneth; sisters Dorothy Pringle, Carol Bonner and Katherine Pringle; and nephew Billy Bonner. Survivors include her sons John (Marilyn) of Sedona, AZ and David (Beverly) of Harlan; daughter Sheryl (Harold) Hill of Belmond; eight grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; and her brother Bob Pringle of Webster City.