Jeanette E. Lynch Francisco's Obituary
Jeanette E. Lynch Francisco, 81, passed away on October 6, 2024.
Our majestic mom felt that the world was a kingdom filled with rulers, kings, and priests. A kingdom she wanted to know. She used to stand at the gate of her home in Goldengrove, Guyana and watch people go by and often wonder about their story. She would pretend to meet them and ask questions about the world. She would look up into the stars at night and see herself as being one of these starlets and imagine that one day she would grace the galaxy with her greatness. She aspired to be something great. Her mom was a business owner and minister, and her father was a lieutenant in the British army. She never met her dad. He died before she was born, but she often heard stories about how handsome, eloquent, tall, and grand, he was. So, our mother wanted to emulate her father through her penchant for the English language. She pursued Language Arts and became an English teacher. She also wanted to become an attorney because of her linguistic skills and her ability to argue a point. She then became a nurse and started nursing two years before her first-born son Sean Ivan Cort was born in Guyana in 1967. Because her mother, Alexandrena, believed in the brilliance of her daughter, Jeanette was able to leave her infant son in her care for one year so she could go to the US to pursue her nursing career. After a year she sent for Sean to live with her in Brooklyn, NY. She worked at Maimonides Medical Center from 1971-1987.
In 1976 she met Cardigan Francisco at Maimonides Medical Center, then married a couple years after and had Jeanette’s second son Anthony Dexter Francisco in 1978, then three years later in 1981 she had her only daughter Paula Elizabeth Francisco. Paula was her pride and joy because she always wanted a girl. Then, they purchased her dream home in Orlando, FL in 1987. She started working at Florida Hospital at that time. She retired from Florida Hospital in 2012 after 25 years of critical care nursing where she specialized in open-heart surgery. She was known as the model preceptor hospital wide. After retiring from nursing, true to form, mom's brilliance persevered, as she achieved her realtor license and earned her variable life and annuities license.
Though she was in denial of being old enough to be a grandmom, she welcomed all seven of her biological grandchildren and two bonus granddaughters. She loved them more than life itself. She had a love for music and a love for the arts. She loved seeing shows on Broadway, Radio City Music Hall, and Carnegie Hall. She loved to dance and sing. She had a beautiful voice and loved all genres of music, especially reggae and calypso. She loved the classics, like old black and white movies on T.V. e.g. Humphrey Bogart, Catherine Hepburn, and Elvis Presley. She loved baking bread and baking the things her mother loved to bake. She is someone who couldn’t sit still. She wanted to be where life was being lived. If we were to ask any of Jeanette’s former students what they remember best about their time with her, they would undoubtedly say that she required good manners, proper etiquette, and speaking properly.
She was very proud of her children and her grandchildren and was happiest when she saw them loving and supporting one another. Her legacy is infused with the spirit of pride and perseverance she instilled in the lives of every young person that crossed her path.
Jeanette is survived by her children: Pastor Sean Cort, Anthony Francisco and Dr. Paula Jones, her grandchildren: Christian, Aaron, Kaitlynn, Mia, Liam, Julia and Gianna, as well as her bonus granddaughters: Chanel and Vanessa.
A Visitation will take place at Page Theus Funeral Home on Saturday October 19, 2024 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm.
Funeral Service will begin at 2:00pm at Page Theus Funeral Home with a Graveside Service to follow at 3:30pm at Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
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