Frances L. Lyons, of Putnam Pike died Friday, April 30, 2010 at Hospice Inpatient Center in Providence. She was the beloved wife of Bernard W. Lyons. They were married 64 years.
Born in Washington, DC, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Eleanor (O’Leary) Shafer. She had been a resident of Smithfield for five years and had previously lived in Vienna, Virginia.
She had been a secretary for Warner Brothers in Washington, DC in the 1940’s and a member of the Ayr Hill Garden Club, VA.
Besides her husband she is survived by a daughter Susan T. Kaemmerlen, of North Kingstown and Gerald P. Lyons of Milton, DE, and many beloved grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. She was the sister of the late Eleanor M. Shafer and Margaret M. Blaney
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday at 10:00am in Christ the King Church, 180 Old North Road, Kingston. Burial will be private. Visitation Sunday 3-6 pm in the ANDERSON-WINFIELD Funeral Home, Route 44 at Greenville Common, Greenville. In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to Home & Hospice Care RI, 1085 North Main Street, Providence, RI 02904.