Mrs. Sondra Francis, age 47, of Hull, passed away on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at her residence.
There will be a funeral service on Wednesday, November 19, at 1:00pm, at the First Reformed Church in Hull. The Rev. Kevin Yurk will officiate. Interment will follow at the Hope Cemetery in Hull.
Visitation will be after 4:00pm on Tuesday, with the family present from 5:00pm to 8:00pm, at the CHURCH. Arrangements are with the Oolman Funeral Home in Hull.
Sondra Fay was born on December 20, 1966, in Sheldon, the daughter of Richard and Carole Ann Brunsting Ten Braak. She was raised at Hull, where she graduated from Boyden-Hull High School in 1985. She also graduated from Northwestern College in Orange City in 1989, where she received an elementary education degree, with a reading endorsement and a business minor. During college she was a nanny in New York City, New York.
On May 28, 1988, she married William “Bill” Dean Francis in Hull. She taught classes at the Twin Rivers School in Bode and the Boyden-Hull Schools. She also taught part-time at George Elementary and Hull Christian Elementary Schools.
“Son” was a member of the First Reformed Church. She enjoyed family vacations, walking, attending her sons’ sporting events, spending time at the Hull swimming pool, shopping, and baking sweets for the boys.
Survivors include her husband of more than 26 years, “Bill”; four sons, Taylor (age 21), Riley (age 18), Carter (age 14), and Dylan (age 10) Francis, all of Hull; her mother, Carole Ten Braak, of Sheldon; two sisters, Laura Sue De Jong, of Laramie, Wyoming; and Wandy (Darrel) De Jong, of Sheldon; three brothers, Cal (Donna) Ten Braak, of Rozet, Wyoming; Dale Richard Ten Braak, of West Des Moines; and Andy (Sue) Ten Braak, of Loveland, Colorado; and many nieces and nephews.
She is also survived by Bill’s family, his parents, Leo and Lavon Francis, of Palmer; three brothers, Alan (Deb) Francis, Brian (Joann) Francis, and Roger Francis, all of Pocahontas; a sister, Connie (Scot) McDonough, of Sac City; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father and a nephew, Travis Francis.
