Fran Freeman played the washboard for the Hyperion Outfall Serenaders
Fran Freeman with husband Jack and Bob White during the unveiling of the Hyperion Outfall Serenaders mural at Shellback Tavern in 2002. Photo by Patrick Fallon Fran Freeman, a 57 year resident of Manhattan Beach, passed from Alzheimer’s disease on October 24, 2020 at the age of 87. She is survived by her children Laura and Mark; nephews Michael and Shawn; and niece Donna Fuhrman. Born in 1933 and raised in Yonkers, New York, Fran graduated from Albany State University with a degree in English. She moved to Seneca Falls in upstate New York where she became an English teacher at a junior high school. There she met and fell in love with another teacher, John D Freeman (Jack) and they married soon thereafter. Fran soon insisted they move west to escape the snow and cold. They landed in Manhattan Beach, here they raised their two children. Fran and Jack loved the area and remained living in the same house for the rest of their lives. Fran became involved in community book clubs and worked as a librarian in local libraries. When her young children began school, Fran returned to teaching K-8 at Jane Addams School in Lawndale, where she worked as the librarian while teaching Library…
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