- Date Of Birth: January 9, 1947
- Date Of Death: July 25, 2005
- State: Massachusetts
David F. Francis, Sr., 58, was stricken and died at home on Monday, July 25, 2005. He was the husband of Elizabeth M. (Fales) Francis and worked as a quality control tester at Raytheon Co. in Andover for 25 years.
Mr. Francis was born in Milford, a son of Harold F. and Dorothy M. (Wellman) Francis of Upton.
An avid fisherman, he owned Wildwood Sports in Upton and was a member of the Nipmuc Bass Busters. He started the “Upton Take a Kid Fishing” program, which later became the Upton Police Department’s Annual Fishing Derby and continues today. He was also a member and past commander of the George L. Wood VFW Post, coached Little League baseball in Upton for many years, and had been a participant in Upton men’s softball and bowling leagues.
In addition to his wife of 34 years and his parents; he leaves two sons, David F. Francis, Jr. and his fiancee Katherine Skinner of Haverhill and Michael C. Francis and his wife Melissa Rej-Francis of Auburn; a sister, Mary Hurlburt and her husband Ken of Upton; and one brother, Harold “Petie” Francis and his wife Jeanne of Douglas.
