Frances A. (Stone) Cargill lost her battle to leukemia on Monday afternoon, April 20, 2020. Fran was born in California on May 9, 1944 when her dad was in the service. She grew up in Chelsea, lived in Cambridge for many years and moved to Medford years ago to be near her daughter, Cheryl. She faced many challenges in life caring for her disabled husband, George, and dealing with physical and mental health issues. Her earlier work life consisted of working at Market Forge and Ann & Hope.
She enjoyed being with her family, watching her favorite wrestling programs, playing Bingo, hearing a good joke, dancing when she was able and shopping.
Fran is survived by her daughter, Cheryl Cargill, who lovingly arranged her care and managed her affairs over these past difficult years. Her other survivors include her son, David Sears and his partner, Karen Tedesco, her sister, Marsha Stone and husband, Norm Hirschfeld of Greenfield, MA her brother, Harvey Stone and his wife, Mary of Lynnfield, MA, niece Andrea Stone Mancinelli of Lynnfield, and a nephew James Stone of Northboro, MA. In addition, she had great nephews and nieces. Fran was predeceased by her beloved husband, George and her mother and father Dorothy and George Stone, grandmother, Ida Kaplan and uncle Abraham (Eli) Kaplan.
The family extends tremendous gratitude to all the staff at the PACE, formerly ESP, program from Cambridge Health Alliance who provided the most caring and compassionate service to Fran for many years. Also a special thank you to Maria Melchionno, RN and Dr. Debashish Misra from the Oncology Department for their extraordinary and kind care throughout her many months of treatment. We also thank Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital staff for their attention and care thru her month stay last year.
In her memory, please donate to the charity of your choice. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date when we can all safely gather again.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Beals-Geake-Magliozzi Funeral Home of Medford. For additional information, please visit, www.magliozzifuneralhome.com.