Viscount (Vike) Alvin Francis, 47, 300 Sunset Drive, Salina, Kansas, died at a Veterans' Administration hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Francis was hospitalized a few hours before he died of an apparent heart attack.
He was a salesman and had lived in Salina 20 years, coming from Belleville. Mr. Francis was a native of Dunbar, Nebraska, and is remembered as a member of the University of Nebraska football team that played in the Rose Bowl in 1941. He won All American football honors. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Surviving are the widow, Yvonne; three sons, Trey Francis, Colin Francis and Sean Francis; his mother, Mrs. Ella Francis, Belleville; three brothers, Stewart Francis, Overland Park; Alex Francis, Hays, and Lt. Col. Sam Francis, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.; six sisters, Mrs. Edna Koehler. Klamath Falls, Ore.; Mrs. Tom Thornsen, Overland Park; Mrs. Russell Anderson, Mrs. Clyde Graves, and Mrs. Glen Wineinger, all of Belleville, and Mrs. Lewis Howe, Carlsbad, N. M.
He was a salesman and had lived in Salina 20 years, coming from Belleville. Mr. Francis was a native of Dunbar, Nebraska, and is remembered as a member of the University of Nebraska football team that played in the Rose Bowl in 1941. He won All American football honors. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Surviving are the widow, Yvonne; three sons, Trey Francis, Colin Francis and Sean Francis; his mother, Mrs. Ella Francis, Belleville; three brothers, Stewart Francis, Overland Park; Alex Francis, Hays, and Lt. Col. Sam Francis, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.; six sisters, Mrs. Edna Koehler. Klamath Falls, Ore.; Mrs. Tom Thornsen, Overland Park; Mrs. Russell Anderson, Mrs. Clyde Graves, and Mrs. Glen Wineinger, all of Belleville, and Mrs. Lewis Howe, Carlsbad, N. M.
Viscount (Vike) Alvin Francis, 47, 300 Sunset Drive, Salina, Kansas, died at a Veterans' Administration hospital in Omaha, Nebraska. Mr. Francis was hospitalized a few hours before he died of an apparent heart attack.
He was a salesman and had lived in Salina 20 years, coming from Belleville. Mr. Francis was a native of Dunbar, Nebraska, and is remembered as a member of the University of Nebraska football team that played in the Rose Bowl in 1941. He won All American football honors. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Surviving are the widow, Yvonne; three sons, Trey Francis, Colin Francis and Sean Francis; his mother, Mrs. Ella Francis, Belleville; three brothers, Stewart Francis, Overland Park; Alex Francis, Hays, and Lt. Col. Sam Francis, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.; six sisters, Mrs. Edna Koehler. Klamath Falls, Ore.; Mrs. Tom Thornsen, Overland Park; Mrs. Russell Anderson, Mrs. Clyde Graves, and Mrs. Glen Wineinger, all of Belleville, and Mrs. Lewis Howe, Carlsbad, N. M.
He was a salesman and had lived in Salina 20 years, coming from Belleville. Mr. Francis was a native of Dunbar, Nebraska, and is remembered as a member of the University of Nebraska football team that played in the Rose Bowl in 1941. He won All American football honors. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
Surviving are the widow, Yvonne; three sons, Trey Francis, Colin Francis and Sean Francis; his mother, Mrs. Ella Francis, Belleville; three brothers, Stewart Francis, Overland Park; Alex Francis, Hays, and Lt. Col. Sam Francis, Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo.; six sisters, Mrs. Edna Koehler. Klamath Falls, Ore.; Mrs. Tom Thornsen, Overland Park; Mrs. Russell Anderson, Mrs. Clyde Graves, and Mrs. Glen Wineinger, all of Belleville, and Mrs. Lewis Howe, Carlsbad, N. M.
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