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- (received November 27, 2005)
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 12:47 PM
Subject: Fran Gustafson
Dear Friends,
On Saturday, November 19, Fran fell in the parking lot where we live while getting in the car. She tripped over her walker and fell face down on the pavement. There was severe head damage but she was OK immediately. Later in the apartment she suffered a major seizure. She was transported to the hospital but never regained consciousness. She had severe hemorrhage in the brain, in part due to the drug Plavix which she took to prevent clots. It is a great cardiovascular drug but poison for intracranial bleed. Neurosurgeon said he could operate but results would be bleak, Fran had written and said many times she didn't want extraordinary means to be kept alive. Life support was removed and she quietly expired Monday afternoon (November 21 @ 3:10 PM). The children and I know that Fran is in a much better place - with her Lord Jesus - and is now free of pain that was a constant torment, There will be a memorial service at Fourth Presbyterian Church; 5500 River Road; Bethesda, MD 20816, Saturday, December 3 at 3:00 PM.
Gus
(John Gustafson)
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Frances Gustafson
November 27, 2005 12:50 am
Frances Gustafson
Frances Dame Gustafson of Springfield died at Fairfax Hospital Monday, Nov. 21, 2005, following massive head injury from a fall.
She is survived by her husband, John F. Gustafson, M.D.; her son, John Fowler Gustafson Jr. and his wife, Chi Hollister Gustafson, of Spotsylvania County; her daughter, Jane G. VanSickle and her husband, Larry VanSickle, of Herndon; and her grandchildren, C. Wade Gustafson, Greta Gustafson, Hannah VanSickle and Sarah VanSickle.
She was born in Concord, N.H., in 1928, the daughter of Edward A. and Mildred C. Dame. She graduated from Concord High School in 1946 and from the University of New Hampshire with a double-major Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950. She was a librarian in the Concord Public Library. She married Dr. John F. Gustafson in 1954 and they lived in New York City for one year. Her husband was an intern at St. Luke's Hospital, and she was a librarian at Columbia University Teachers College. In 1955 they moved to Temple, Texas, where her husband was a military doctor at Fort Hood, and later a resident physician at Scott and White Memorial Hospital in Temple. Their two children were born there. In 1959 they moved to Washington, D.C., where her husband entered private practice of internal medicine. They were both active in Fourth Presbyterian Church of Bethesda, Md. She had an individual prayer ministry and kept in touch with countless people locally and throughout the world. In 1965, they moved to West Bethesda. In 2002, they settled in Greenspring Village, Springfield.
Services are at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 5500 River Road, Bethesda, Saturday, Dec. 3, at 3 p.m. Arrangements are being handled by Demaine Funeral Home, Springfield.
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Paper: Concord Monitor (NH)
Deceased: Frances Gustafson Was a leader in her Presbyterian church
Date: December 17, 2005
SPRINGFIELD, Va. -- Frances (Dame) Gustafson, 77, formerly of Concord, died Monday, Nov. 21, 2005, after a head injury from a fall.
She graduated from Concord High School in 1946 and from the University of New Hampshire in 1950.
Survivors include her husband, a Concord native, Dr. John F. Gustafson; two children, John Jr. and Jane VanSickle; and four grandchildren.
Memorial services were held Dec. 3 at the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Md., where she led an individual fellowship and prayer ministry.
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