Frances “Fran” Jean McLean Lancaster, 62, of Grand Marais, died suddenly February 27, 2014.
Fran was born in Ashland, Wisconsin on May 14, 1951 to Delores and Robert McLean.
She graduated from Cook County High School in 1969. She raised her children in Michigan and married Dennis Lancaster and lived in Colorado before moving back to Grand Marais.
Fran will always be remembered for her kind heart and amazing sense of humor.
She was preceded in death by her father Robert McLean and her husband Dennis Lancaster.
She is survived by her children, Twiana (Joe) Kishefsky of East Jordan, Michigan and Larry Dixson of Illinois; five grandchildren, Seth Kishefsky, Megan Mosley, Allen Fowler, Adam Fowler, and Andrew Dixson; two great-grandchildren Josie and Lilie; her mother Delores McLean; two sisters, Lois Suck of Grand Marais and Jackie (Jim) Nelson of Ramsey, Minnesota; three brothers, Bruce McLean of Alaska, Byron (Karen) of Grand Marais, Tim (Terri) McLean of Brainerd, Minnesota; and 10 nieces and nephews and her companion Dick Pederson.
There will be a gathering to celebrate Fran’s life on May 14, 2014 at 2 p.m. Friends and family are invited to meet at Blue Water Café and it will then be decided how to best honor her memory.
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