Madelyn Elisabeth (Wright) France
Jan. 27, 1915 to June 2, 2015
Madelyn Elisabeth Wright France, 100, formerly of Anderson, died June 2, 2015 at the Franklin United Methodist Home in Franklin, Indiana.
She was born January 27, 1915 in Lewistown, Ohio, the daughter of Homer M. and Loretta Thompson Wright. She was a graduate of Ball State University in 1936. She married Gordon A. France April 17, 1937. Madelyn was a homemaker and was active in the Anderson community serving on the board of the YWCA, and was a member of the AAUW, was a founder of the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation and a charter member of the Pink Ladies of Community Hospital. She was a former member of the Colonial United Methodist Church. A self-taught artist, she wrote many poems and was published in several anthologies. In 2010, her family published a collection of 100 of her poems.
Survivors include three children: Carolyn (Gene) Lausch, Robert (Shirley) France and Richard (Patricia) France; seven Grandchildren: Eric (Colleen O’Brien) Lausch, Kristen (Eric) Hailperin-Lausch, Sloane (Donald Cox) Anderson, Jon Lausch, Robert (Dianne) France, Aaron (Amanda) France, and Nathan (Jaala Hughes) France. Ten great grandchildren: Ava and Claudia Lausch, Rebecca and Jacob Hailperin-Lausch, Chandlar Anderson, Kyle and Ivan France, Zoë, Lillian, and Reed Hughes-France, and several nieces and nephews.
Madelyn was preceded in death by her husband in July 2009, two brothers: Doyle Wright and Wallace Wright, and two sisters: Mildred Ronan and Gertrude Wright.
Graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 9, 2015 at Anderson Memorial Park with burial following the services..
Memorial contributions may be given to the Gordon A. and Madelyn W. France Scholarship at University of Indianapolis, 1400 East Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227.
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