Frances Mae Iams

FRANCES IAMS

1924 - 2012

Frances Iams, 88, of Aurora, CO met her heavenly Father on July 19th, 2012.

Our Precious Little Mom is survived by her children: Delores Treptow (Don-husband), Raymond LaCas (Julie-wife), Donna Fox and Starla Coulter.  There are 8 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren.

 Visitation was held on Tuesday, July 24, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., A celebration of Frances' life was held on Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at 10:30 a.m, BOTH at Bullock Colonial Chapel.  Interment followed at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens.

Our Mother

Our Precious Little Mom

Our Mother is hope, love, joy, kindness and caring.

Our Mother is the best of all things in life.

Our Mother touches with not only herself, but her mind, her soul and her heart.

Our Mother shows love for others in everything she thinks about, in how she expresses with her words, in her moment by moment actions.

Our Mother is the reason that we love the way we do with every ounce of our being.  Our love couldn’t match her love with all that she has shown us.

Our Mother is the sweet smell in a lilac flower, the warmth of the sun on a glorious day, the mountain beauty with nature, the joys of life in a new baby dove.

Our Mother is LOVE.

Our Mother is the impression of God’s Blessing to us.

Authored and Dedicated 11/23/2008

To My Mom

I Love You With All My Heart!

Star

The following obituary was read by Chaplain Gwynne May (The Denver Hospice) during the celebration of life for Frances:

"I have been blessed in my life with knowing God and having family and friends that were my strength and gave me happiness.   I was born in Osceola, Missouri on May 16th, 1924 to Icy Ann and Frank Lee.  My childhood was spent in Topeka and Lawrence, Kansas with by brothers, Roy Edward and Billy Lee.  During my childhood, I sang on stage and on the radio.  There were many recess baseball games at school that I pitched and won.  My brother Billy and I would dance and always win the contests.   My career was in the manufacturing business working at Stokleys, Coors and Samsonite.   My family was my proudest accomplishment and legacy with four children, Delores (Donald-husband), Raymond (Julie-wife), Donna and Starla; eight grandchildren, Shelly, Debbie, Ray Jr., Donette, Frankie, Connie, Brandie and Shon, I have fifteen great-grandchildren and 11 great-great grandchildren.   My late husband, Lawrence, was a Reverend at Gospel Tabernacle and owned and operated a concrete business.  My family worked in the concrete business from Kansas to Idaho to Nevada, Wyoming and Colorado.   Traveling was one of my favorite times from being on trains, cars, ships and airplanes all over the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe and the Caribbean.  During my travels, I've seen windmills in Holland, kissed Don Ho in Hawaii, went to Churchill Downs in Kentucky and won many jackpots in Las Vegas.   There have been tough times in my life but, "Life is fragile and should always be handled with prayer".  It was my embroidery skills that reminded me about the importance of the precious moments in life.    My other enjoyments included crafts, ceramics, reading "true story magazines" and Indian romance novels.  On the weekends, it was exciting going to or having garage sales, camping or watching nature, playing cards, games or bingo and cheering for my favorite teams, the Denver Broncos and Colorado Rockies.    To my family and Sunshine, my cat, "I love you with all my heart"!

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