- Date Of Birth: March 27, 1926
- Date Of Death: July 28, 2014
- State: Michigan
GUSTAFSON, Frances Donoghue, Age 88, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, passed away early Monday morning, July 28, 2014. She was born on March 27, 1926, in Kalamazoo the daughter of Mercedes and Jerome Donoghue and was a lifelong resident of the Oakwood neighborhood.
On November 23, 1945, Frances married Neil Gustafson who preceded her in death in 2004. Also preceding her in death were her sisters and brothers: Mercedes “Tootie” Camp, Lorraine Youngs, Evelyn West, Charles Mindeman, Max Donoghue, and a very special niece, Gail Camp.
Surviving are her children: Greg Diane Gustafson, Debbie Ken Block, Neil Kathy Gustafson; grandchildren: Bryan Cheryl, Ryan Angie, Jason Kelly Gustafson, Amy Cray, Adam Caitlin Block, Erin Kelly, Zack Gustafson, Meg Brian Gregor, Sam Laura and Anna Gustafson; 10 great-grandchildren; and other members of the Mindeman, West and Youngs families.
Frances was active in the Oakwood Neighborhood Association and the Oshtemo Oakwood United Methodist Church. After raising her children she returned to work at Merrill Residence from which she retired.
