Frances Ingram

It all started with a train ride. A simple military train ride through the beautiful Wind River Canyon would lead a young Frances Ingram to leave her Oklahoma home and make her way to Wyoming. Having no desire to travel to this cold, unknown state, Frances took a leap of faith when her husband, Eugene, described his life changing experience on that train as it chugged its way through the most "beautifully breathtaking" canyon. With such spectacular beauty in mind, France set off to Wyoming where she would begin a life filled with love, friendship, family and her unwavering faith in the Lord.
Frances Christine Ingram was born in the small town of Idabel, Oklahoma on October 7, 1927. On June 28, 1948, at the young age of 19 years old, she married the love of her life, Eugene "Gene" Larken Ingram. After declaring their vows at City Hall, Frances and Gene hopped in the car and made the long trek to Wyoming.
It was in Casper, Wyoming that she would make her home. From her union with Gene, Frances became a mother to seven children: Don (Julie), Sheila (Terry) Fossberg, Dale (Sue), Kent (Mary/Linda), Michael, Debbie (Phil) Taylor and Brenda (Ray) Van Orden. From her children Frances became the grandmother and great grandmother to many more children.
Frances is preceded in death by her parents, husband and sons Dale and Michael.
If you were to ask her friends and family to describe Frances in one word you would probably get the usual kind, caring, loving and sweet. But Frances was that and so much more. She was the type of woman who everyone considered a mother/grandmother, not just her family. She had a resolute faith in the Lord that was so powerful anyone who surrounded her had their faith grow merely because of her company. She could cook a dinner so delicious it would make a professional chef drool and could bake a cookie that should have been featured in every bakery in America. Finally, she had an inner strength that could not be measured.
To say she will be sorely missed would be an understatement. Nevertheless, Frances left a positive lasting impression on everyone that she met. Her spirit will certainly live on in the hearts and souls of every person who had the blessing of getting to know her. We will miss our mother/grandmother/great-grandmother/friend so deeply but take comfort in the fact that death is not goodbye and love is eternal.
"We never lose our loved ones. They accompany us; they don't disappear from our lives. We are merely in different rooms."