Canaan, NH —
She attended schools in Maine and at the age of 18 she moved to New Hampshire. She met and later married Charles C. Barnum on Dec. 17, 1957. They settled in Canaan where they began their family and later moved to Orange.
Frances was a dedicated employee of Split Ball Bearing, retiring after 43 years of service. She very much enjoyed being a wife, mother, and grandmother taking great care of her family. She created wonderful memories as a young family with Charles at their cottage on Tewksbury pond, and later in life with their family at camp in Pittsburg, N.H.
She was predeceased by her husband Charles C. Barnum and daughter Kathleen Hutchinson.
Frances is survived by her son Richard and his wife Lee and their daughters Jessica and Emily of Taftsville, Vt. Daughter Linda Bartlett and her children Jamie and Jeremy and great-granddaughter Addison. Four siblings Roger May of Orford, N.H., Ann Marie Decato of Canaan, N.H., Eleanor Farrington of Fryburg, Maine, and Barbara Maines of Canaan, N.H. Grandchildren Missy Benson, Lisa Ewing, and Vanessa Beach
Family and friends are invited to the Ricker Funeral Home & Crematory of Lebanon for Frances calling hours on Sunday, Sept. 18 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. A graveside service will be held Monday Sept. 19th at 11 a.m. in the Canaan Street Cemetery in Canaan, N.H.
An online guest book is available to leave a message of condolence for Frances family by visiting www.rickerfuneralhome.com