Birth: 1927 Death: 2024 Frances Augusta (Hughes) Farrer, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones shortly after a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.Born in Pasadena, CA, Fran grew up as a young actress appearing in many Shirley Temple films as well as modeling for fashion magazines and commercials. As a young woman, Fran chose to forego her Hollywood life to pursue higher education at UCLA.
There, she would make lifelong friendships at Kappa Alpha Theta and meet her future husband, John Farrer, MD.While John was attending medical school at Boston University, their oldest child, Susan, was born in 1952. In 1954, they were stationed at Randolph Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX, where John served as a flight surgeon and their second child, Jay, was born.
By 1956, they found themselves back at UCLA where John was a resident, and their third child, Laura was born.In 1961, Fran and John moved to Newport Beach, where John began his medical practice in Urology at Hoag Hospital. The close friends they made within the Hoag community upon their arrival, endured as such for all their life.
Fran and John were adventurous at heart, with many backpacking trips through the Sierras, sailing the California Coast and cycling through Europe. They were dedicated to their fitness accomplishments such as both of them medaling in the L.A.
Marathon at the age of sixty-four.After John passed away in 1994, Fran found comfort in her church at St Andrews Presbyterian and support in the many friendships.
