Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Tragedy strikes twice

Life is short. It is hard to believe but two key participants in last November's school board election have lost husbands. I was recently informed by post on this blog that Jill Parvin, a key Guffanti supporter lost her husband suddenly and unexpectedly.

Yesterday I learned that Barbara Franklin lost her husband on February 4th. I am told there was no warning. All very awful. We remember the incredible dynamo that Barbara was in organizing the VTA election strategy. She was a key to our incredible success as the chair of the VTA-PAC. With all that was going on she still managed to read the Twilight books at the same time. One night staying up to 4AM reading. Good times then. Very sad times now. Life can be so...

Here is her husbands obituary from the NCTimes:

Mark Franklin, 55 SAN MARCOS--Mark Franklin passed away Wednesday, February 4, 2009. He was born July 29, 1953 in Phoenix, Ariz., son of John Franklin and Janet Darling. Mark attended Mission Bay High School, San Diego, graduating in 1971. He became an IT Specialist at KRC Rock in San Marcos. His favorite pastimes were Skeet & Trap shooting, photography, and a motorcycle and Corvette enthusiast. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Barbara, whom he married on Jan. 9, 1978; daughters, Jennifer Franklin of Escondido, and Kayla Franklin of San Marcos; sisters, Shelley Franklin Lengsfield of Louisville, Ky., and Melisa Seymour of Honolulu, Hawaii; and brother, Matthew Franklin of Denver, Colo. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m., Saturday, February 21, at Eternal Hills Mortuary in Oceanside. Reception will follow the memorial service at KRC Rock, 700 North Twin Oaks Valley Road, San Marcos. The family requests contributions may be made to Greenpeace USA, or the National Parks Service.

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