Mary Emma Francisco

Mary Emma Francisco, age 79 of Paris, Texas, died on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2018 at Paris Regional Medical Center. Mary was born on January 29, 1939 in Ginter, Pa. to Reuben Albert and Malinda Pearl Keith Adams. She married John Francisco in 1960, in Akron, Ohio. He died July 23, 2004. Mrs. Francisco was a homemaker and volunteered at St. Joseph’s Hospital Auxiliary and PrimeTime and was a member of the Red Hat and Newcomer’s Clubs. She is survived by five children, Barb Garcia and husband, Rich of Pipe Creek, Texas, Janice Little and husband, Leonard of North Carolina, Darla Boggs and husband, Donald of Akron, Ohio, John Francisco, also of Akron, and Brenda Brown and husband, Dwayne of Killeen, Texas; 13 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren and one on the way; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents and four siblings. Memorial Service will be Saturday, 1 p.m. at Hopkins Lawver Funeral Home, 547 Canton Road (Route 91), Akron (Ellet), Ohio 44312 with Rev. Richard W. Ferris officiating. Interment will follow at Hillside Memorial Park. Friends and family will be received prior to the service Saturday, from 12 noon to 1 p.m. (Hopkins Lawver, AKRON, 330-733-6271) www.hopkinslawver.com