Frances 'Franny' M. Hancock

November 26, 1939 - June 8, 2019

Frances (Franny) M. Hancock, 79, of Kearney, died Saturday, June 8, 2019 at Kearney Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m., Friday, June 14, 2019 at Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral Home with Pastor Clarence Patterson officiating. Burial will follow at the Kearney Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 13th at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the family to be designated later. Please visit www.hlmkfuneral.com to leave a tribute or message of condolence. Horner Lieske McBride & Kuhl Funeral and Cremation Services in Kearney is in charge of arrangements. Franny was born November 26, 1939 in Kearney to Tony and Ruth (Knox) Miller. She attended school in Riverdale, graduating with the class of 1958 as valedictorian. After high school she attended LPN school at St. Anthony Practical Nursing School in Denver. She was a nurse in Superior, Thornton, CO, and returned to Kearney in 1976, where she worked at Good Samaritan. She retired in 2004. Franny was a strong woman who survived breast cancer three times. She enjoyed crocheting, needle point, gambling, and especially playing cards with her friends at Cimarron Court. Survivors include two daughters, Edith Timko of Kearney and Vivian Hancock of Lincoln; a son Richard, and wife Trish of Kearney; a brother Lawrence and wife Sally Miller of Minot, ND; two sisters, Virginia and husband Joe Brayton of Kearney and Patricia and husband Wilbur Baldwin of Mitchell, SD; six grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, a son, David Hancock, and a sister, Marlene Trump.