Francine Muriel Whiteley, 82, a native of New York and a resident of Daphne, died Friday, Jan. 2, 2009, at a local hospital.
She was a world traveler, living in Japan, the Philippines and Israel. She was known as the Silver Fox, who loved to exercise and dance. She was the youngest registered student at NYU, at the age of 16. She was dearly loved and will be greatly missed.
Survivors include her husband, John Whiteley of Daphne; daughter Robyn (Jerry) McWreath of Bellevue, Wash.; two sons, Andrew Robert (Christine) Whiteley of Mobile and Lanny (Nancy) Whiteley of Chickasaw; eight grandchildren, Katie, Patrick, Jason, Jeremy, Rachel, Chelsea, Lisa and Brian; five great-grandchildren, Chole, Nikko, Brock, Brent; and best friends, Mary, Janie and Dorrine.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7 at Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Home in Fairhope. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 8 from the funeral home chapel.
The family requests memorial donations be made to the Michael J. Fox Parkinson Foundation.
Arrangements are by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., Daphne.
