Mrs Frances Marie Garrity's Obituary
Frances Marie (Kaelin) Garrity - Loving daughter, wife, mother, grandmother. She is preceded in death by her parents Henry Kaelin and Philamena Rose Kaelin and her siblings Fred Kaelin, Louis Kaelin, Carl Kaelin, Albert Kaelin and her spouse John Richard Garrity.
Frances is survived by her siblings: Amelia Groves, Joseph Kaelin, Henry Kaelin, Martin Kaelin and Carolyn Nolan; her children: John (Cindy) Garrity, David (Karen) Garrity, Carl (Jan) Garrity, Paul Garrity, Maureen Garrity, Greg Garrity, Monica (Larry) Stewart, Lisa Hobson, Laura Garrity and Susan Garrity. She is also survived by many grandkids and great-grandkids.
Frances was born in Louisville, Kentucky and moved to California in 1946 after John and Frances were married. Frances was a wonderful baker and John always teased her that he married her for her apple pies. Frances was an avid gardener and she loved her flowers. During the spring and summer, you could find all sorts of bulbs blooming in her garden, amaryllis, iris, gladiolas, lilies and roses. She loved them. She was a wonderful teacher, especially about practical matters – and was super at stretching a dollar. Frances could look you in the eye and tell if you were lying and she had her “as a rule” philosophy on life that you were never sure where the rules came from. Frances had a real musical ear and oftentimes she could hear a song once and sound it out and play it on the piano shortly after hearing it. She had a vast repertoire of songs that she would play and she was even called upon to play for the residents at the convalescent home.
Growing up with 7 brothers she had a passion for baseball. She enjoyed keeping the stats on the players during the summer and she could be just as vocal about a bad call from the umpire as everyone else. She loved to read and she gave all of her kids the passion for reading too. We spent many a Saturday morning visiting the library and picking out books to read over the next week or two. Frances and her siblings all loved doing the daily crossword puzzle. You would find it by their front door so if they had any guests they would ask them about a word they were missing.
Frances was a devout Catholic and would always say a prayer for you or with you. We love you dearly Mom, you will be missed. We would like to thank the staff at Linda Valley Convalescent Care – everyone always had a kind word to say about Mom.
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