Marie Eugenie Franck

Marie Eugenie Franck was born the oldest of six siblings in Port-au-Prince, Haiti of Lieutenant Jerome Georges Franck and Eugenia Sterling on May 27, 1926. She was a daughter, sister, mother and grandmother who loved her family. Marie Eugenie Franck is preceded in death by her parents; her brother, Joseph Farnes Antoine Franck; sisters, Marie Marthe Antonine Franck and Claudette Franck. She is survived by  her cousin Heroine Sterling and children; her sister Anne Marie Ginette Franck and children; her brother, Rev. Jerome Georges Franck Jr., wife, Rev. Edmonde Mondesir Franck and children; daughter, Yves-Louise Jean-Baptiste Lys, husband, Jean-Jacques Lys and children; son, Jacques Gutemberg Jean-Baptiste, wife, Lancie Jean-Baptiste and children; granddaughter, Cindy Louise Lys, grandson, Steve Jacques Lys, granddaughter, Martine Christina Lys, grandson Jacques Jean-Baptiste, and granddaughter, Shakira Jean-Baptiste.

Marie was a renaissance woman who was fulfilled through the comfort of others in their time of need. She was a social worker, nurse, activist, artist, community leader and mentor. Marie pursued and excelled in several creative pursuits. Her culinary skills were unmatched. She enjoyed creating elaborate cakes for momentous occasions, gratified by the joy her cakes brought to others. She enjoyed art, painting, theater, music and singing. She enjoyed designing clothes and was a skilled hairdresser.

For well over five decades she worked in the fields of nursing and social work in Haiti and the United States. In 1966, Marie received a year-long scholarship from UNESCO to specialize in adult education across Europe. She studied at the Institut Medico-Psychologique (DYNA) and was certified in Auxiliary Psychiatry specializing in Nursing Care. Additionally she attended Ecole Hippocrate Cours de Nursing. She was a faithful patriot of her home country of Haiti and immigrated to the United States in August 1978.

Marie loved God above all things and devoted her life to His service through her faith community at La Nouvelle Jerusalem Seventh Day Adventist Church. Raised Roman Catholic, she converted to Seventh Day Adventism in 1974. She is fondly remembered as an influential, selfless and nurturing figure among her family and congregation.

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die.” JOHN 11:25-26

Hymnes et Louanges

Seigneur, Tu Donnes Ta Grâce (267)

Seigneur, tu donnes ta grâce

Au coeur qui s’attend à toi;

Ah! que sa douce efficace

Se répande aussi sur moi.

Oui, sur moi! (bis)

Se répande aussi sur moi!

Père tendre et secourable,

J’ai souvent enfreint ta loi;

Quoique impur et misérable,

Oh! pardonne et bénis-moi.

Bénis-moi! (bis)

Oh! pardonne et bénis-moi!

Ô Sauveur toujours propice,

Fais que je m’attache à toi!

J’ai faim, j’ai soif de justice;

Je t’appelle, réponds-moi!

Réponds-moi! (bis)

Je t’appelle, réponds-moi!

Par ton amour, ô bon Père,

Par le sang versé pour moi,

Par l’Esprit qui seul opère,

Dieu trois fois saint, sauve-moi!

Sauve-moi! (bis)

Dieu trois fois saint, sauve-moi!