George Eugene Franchere

1931 - 2004  (73 years)

• Name	George Eugene Franchere  [1]
  Birth	18 Oct 1931	Troy, Rensselaer County, New York   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Anecdote	1993
  	George was the last private owner of the Jan Mabie House. He gave the Mabie House to the Schenectady County Historical Society with a cash sum for three years of maintenance in January 1993.
  Note	Maybee Society Member Number 117
  Death	25 Nov 2004	Mease Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin, Florida   [2, 3, 4]
  	had a heart attack while driving his car
  Obituary	2 Dec 2004  [5]
  	George E. Franchere, 73, of Dunedin, died Thursday at Mease Dunedin Hospital. He was born in Troy, New York and came here in 1980 from St. Clair Shores, Michigan. He was retired as an administrator for the I.R.S. He was Dutch Reform, a member and president of Dunedin High Twelve Club and district director of the High Twelve Club. He was a member of the Lake Shore Lodge 298, F&AM, and Benton Harbor, Michigan. There are no known survivors. Curlew Hills Funeral Home, Palm Harbor
  Obituary	6 Dec 2004	Albany, New York   [6]
  	George Eugene Franchere, 73, passed away November 25, 2004. Born in Troy and raised in Altamont, the son of Harry B. Franchere and Edna Scrafford. George's grandparents were George A. Scrafford and Rachel F. Mabee. George graduated from Albany Academy and lived in Mich. when his mother and aunt died in 1973, leaving the historic site with a request to make it a local history education center. In 1980, George retired to Dunedin. He was a descendant of Gabriel Franchere, fur trader in Astoria, ca. 1808. His grandfather's inn, the Mabee House, adjacent to the railroad roundhouse in the junction, stimulated a lifelong interest in the role of railroads in the nation's history and memberships in several railroading clubs. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church and a mason in the Benton Harbor, Mich. lodge. George leaves no close relatives but many friends in Fla., Mich. and N.Y. His estate goes to a private foundation administered by the Bank of America. His ashes will be sent to Vale cemetery where to interred in the Scrafford plot with the graves of his father, mother and an only brother who died in infancy. A committal service by the Schenectady County Historical Society will be scheduled. Published in the Albany Times Union on 12/5/2004.
  Reference Number	117
  Residence	Dunedin, Florida
  Burial	2005	Vale Cemetery, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York   [7]
  Person ID	I117	Maybee Society
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Harry Birch Franchere,   b. 17 Mar 1896, North Adams, Berkshire County, Massachusetts d. 12 Jan 1951, Albany, Albany County, New York (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Edna Mabee Scrafford,   b. 16 Nov 1893, Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, New York d. 2 May 1973, Albany, Albany County, New York (Age 79 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	15 Aug 1923	Rotterdam Junction, Schenectady County, New York
  Family ID	F1498	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S41] John A. (Jack) Maybee (1928-2007), Jack, John A Mabee; Number: 58, obit from the CLW Times. [S206] Email sent to John MayBee the MayBee Society database coordinator, from Kim Mabee, President of the SCHS. [S2] Social SecurityDeath Index; Url: https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/ssdi/, and U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007. [S41] John A. (Jack) Maybee (1928-2007), Jack, John A Mabee; Number: 58, from the CLW Times. [S1] Ancestry.com online; Url: http://www.ancestry.com/, United States Obituary Collection; Published in the Albany (NY) Times Union on 12/5/2004. [S380] Find A Grave; Url: http://www.findagrave.com/, Memorial ID 83184075.