EDITHE FRANCOIS

May 14, 1931 - March 17, 2018

Edithe Francois, 86, of Kankakee, IL, passed away on March 17, 2018 at Presence Our Lady of Victory Nursing Home. Visitation will be Friday, March 30, 2018 from 4:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Lax Mortuary. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 31, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. at Resurrection Community Church of the Nazarene, (formerly, Wildwood Church of the Nazarene), 425 E. Court Street, Kankakee, IL. Dr. Carl Leth will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory. Edithe Francois was born May 14, 1931 in Haiti to Altina Pierre Louis. She was united in holy matrimony to the late Alexandre Francois Sr. and their union was blessed with nine children. Mrs. Francois was a homemaker and seamstress and enjoyed cooking and decorating. In Port-au-Prince, Haiti, she was the president of AFCHA, an association of Christian women. She leaves to cherish her memory, three sons and two daughters-in-law, Alexandre Jr. and Jerina Francois of Kankakee, IL, Jean Eddy and Marie Josee Francois of Maryland and Andre Durena of Vancouver, Canada; five daughters and two sons-in-law, Kerline Celian of Champaign, IL, Marie Edwidge Fontin of Haiti, Thamar and Luc Edme of Concord, NC, Judith and Gilles Plista of Trappes, France and Yawine Wagnac of Gurnee, IL; one sister, Raymonde Agnant of Haverstraw, NY; 18 grandchildren, Patricia (Adriann) Francois, Paul (Seana) Ervin, Daveline Harris, Jonathan Celian, Jessica Celian, Paola Durena, Keleen Durena, Che Durena, Karl Edwidge Fontin, Ange-Marie Fontin, Alexandre Francois III, Andrew Francois, Jodi Francois, Edy Francois, Lucson (Jessica) Edme, Lucmar Edme, Max Wagnac and Kristian Wagnac; nine great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Florance Francois.