Frances Fisher Wilson '47
Frances Fisher Wilson, 85, of Ormond Beach, died on March 26, 2018 at Halifax Health Hospice Ormond Beach Care Center.
A Florida resident since 1958, Frances grew up in New Canaan. Following Country School, she attended Oldfields School in Maryland, went to live in Paris for a season with her sister Alice, and traveled extensively in Mexico and Central America. Frances then earned a Bachelor of Fine Art at Rhode Island School of Design. In 1956 she married William Brookfield Jr. and they moved to Ormond Beach where they raised five children.
She is survived by her sister Alice Fisher Blood ’51, all of her children: Kate, Bill, Richard, Beth and Jonathan; her grandchildren: Stephen, Mark, Christopher, Nell, Cameron, Sarah, Clemency, Rose, David, and Luke. She is predeceased by brothers Walter ’39 and Bill ’45.
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