Frances Duvall

(From Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home)

Frances Dee Duvall, age 83, of Lockwood, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2023, after a long fight with leukemia. Frances was the only child born to Edwin and Jewell (Sifferman) Johnson on September 14, 1932.

Her parents taught her the most important values of life: how to love her family and friends and how to work hard. 

At Miller High School, she met Gary Duvall where they graduated together in 1957. After high school, Frances attended Draughon’s Business College in Springfield, Missouri. On June 1, 1963, she married Gary in Springfield, Missouri. They were married for 59 years, a time only tolerable with someone who is your best friend and companion. Together they built a respectable farm and raised two beautiful girls, Kelly and Jill. 

The values taught to Frances by Jewell and Edwin were passed down to their children. Jill and Kelly were hard workers and loving people. As members of the Miller community, they represented the values of their family. 

Frances did not only give her children to the Miller community, but through her hard work where she was a secretary for 15 plus years. Later in life, Frances used her skills as a secretary to become a valuable member of the board for Rock Prairie Cemetery in Halltown, Missouri.

In college, Kelly met Von Keith with whom she gave Frances two grandchildren, Cory, and Riley. In turn, Riley continued the family with the addition of Atya Keith. The love of Edwin and Jewell shone through a wonderful family, and the values they instilled became cornerstones of their great-grandchildren’s lives. In the way that pieces of lessons our parents teach us become a part of us, Frances will never be gone. She will always be there to work hard while listening to the troubles of her family, in making clever jokes to lighten the mood, and in sharing our burdens. In turn her family will carry those values forward. As her parents were remembered through their lessons taught to her and her children, Frances will continue to be a part of those lives who had the pleasure of knowing her. She will be sorely missed.

A funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, 2023, at the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon. Burial will follow at the Rock Prairie Cemetery in Halltown, Missouri. Visitation will be held from 5:00-7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, in the funeral home chapel.

Memorial donation in memory of Frances, may be made payable to the Fair Haven Childrens Home in care of the funeral home.

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