Obituary of Frances Braman

Frances (King Sawyer) Braman of Lebanon, CT passed away on Sep. 13, 2012 at the Marlborough Health Care Center. She was born on Oct. 20, 1917 in New Haven, the daughter of John and Kittie (Jones) King. She grew up in Unionville and graduated from Farmington High School in 1935. She married Harry Holmes in 1936 and had 5 children: Harry, Joanne, David, Dick and Tim. In 1948 she married Frederick Sawyer, whose son Larry she raised as her own. She and Frederick had 2 more children: Fred and Peter. They lived in Charter Oak Terrace, a housing project in Hartford, where Frances was very active with YWCA and YMCA clubs, influencing the lives of countless young people. She volunteered for many years at Mary Hooker School before going to work in the library of Hartford Public High School. Following her retirement, in 1985 she married Robert Braman, who brought his own 8 children to the family: Barbara, Douglas, Lois, Richard, David, Janice, Lisa, and Missie. Frances leaves a brother Arthur King of Yarmouthport, MA and wife Jo, daughter Joanne Hutchinson of Lakeland FL and husband Michael, son Frederick Sawyer of Glastonbury CT and wife Philomena, son Peter Sawyer of North Falmouth MA and wife Donna, son Lawrence Sawyer of East Hartford CT and wife Beverly, as well as all the Braman children and a large assortment of nieces, nephews, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and great great grandchildren whose number was so large only Frances could keep them straight. Memorial donations may be made to the Angola Memorial Scholarship Fund (906 Towers Circle NE, Atlanta GA 30329). A memorial service will be held at 11:00am Saturday, Oct. 20 at the Unitarian Universalist Society:East, 151 West Vernon St., Manchester CT. To share a memory please visit www.mulryanfh.com.