As a Residential Supervisor she was on call seven days a week but she wanted to work five days a week so she decided to look for another job. When she saw an ad for St. Simeon's in the newspaper she remembered a friend of hers when she first moved back to Tulsa was working here in the Housekeeping Department and had spoken highly of it so she came out and applied and the rest, as they say, is history.

Franchon lives in the Owen Park neighborhood, just west of downtown Tulsa. Owen Park was Tulsa's very first park and the neighborhood is made up of older homes (she's in the process of restoring hers) with lots of trees and very nice neighbors. In her spare time Franchon likes to read everything, do crossword puzzles, and is a member of the Daughters of Isis and the Golden Circle, both affiliated with Eastern Star (her dad was a Shriner). As a member she helps with their service projects in the community like the school supply drive for Anderson and Bunch Elementary Schools. She is also a member of Antioch Baptist Church, which recently moved into its new building off of 56^th street north.

She has a boy friend and in the next year or so will be seriously thinking about starting a family. She knows two children will be her limit and she wants them before she turns 50. As far as pets, she adopted one of the cockatiels from St. Simeon's, remember Pretty Boy? Now she has added a female named, what else, Pretty Girl, and they are very happy, not nearly as noisy as the cockatiels were here. They have four different whistles and particularly love being outside in their cage listening to the other birds. In a few months she plans on replacing with a poodle her cocker of many years who died recently.

Franchon loves to travel. She takes monthly rides to Caney, Kansas (just over the state line), to play the lottery. She thinks that Oklahoma should have its own lottery -- that since people will play no matter where, they might as well be spending their money here and it would benefit the schools.

Franchon is interested in a career in nursing and recently with the help of St. Simeon's got her Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) certification. Now she is enrolled in classes at Oklahoma State University preparing her to become a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Her goal is to finish school and someday work here as an LPN. St. Simeon's is blessed to have Franchon as part of our family and it looks like we can look forward to many more wonderful years of her service. Just think, we all will be able to say we knew her before she became Nurse Franchon.