Charles Jackson "Jack" France
1917 - 1992 (75 years)
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Name Charles Jackson "Jack" France Born 21 Feb 1917 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1950 Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Military World War II. US Navy medical officer in the Pacific. [5] Occupation physician [5, 6] Died 5 Oct 1992 Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan [1, 2, 5] Person ID I283 Hiltner Last Modified 16 Apr 2023
Father Walter Hamilton France, b. 2 Mar 1891, Michigan , d. 30 May 1979, Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 88 years) Mother Edith Jackson, b. 5 Jul 1892, Ohio , d. 14 Jan 1982, Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 89 years) Married 18 Jun 1915 Bark River, Delta County, Michigan [4, 7] Family ID F120 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Audrey Isabelle Olson, b. 3 Dec 1919, Kerkhoven, Swift County, Minnesota , d. 18 Feb 2007, Macomb County, Michigan (Age 87 years) Children 1. Robert Jackson France, b. 17 Mar 1947, Michigan , d. 5 Feb 2012, Saint Clair Shores, Macomb County, Michigan (Age 64 years)2. John Marshall France, b. 1948, Idaho , d. 30 Sep 2015 (Age 67 years)3. Charles A. France, b. 21 Oct 1952, d. 14 Dec 1978, Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan (Age 26 years)Last Modified 8 Mar 2022 Family ID F158 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 21 Feb 1917 - Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 
Census - 1950 - Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan 
Died - 5 Oct 1992 - Grosse Pointe Farms, Wayne County, Michigan = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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France, Jack and Audrey France, Jack
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Notes - C. Jackson France, 75, a Detroit native who served the metro area as a surgeon for more than 40 years, died of heart disease Monday at his Grosse Pointe Park home.
Dr. France graduated from the Wayne State University School of Medicine in 1942 and served as a Navy medical officer for two years in the Pacific during World War II.
He trained at Detroit Receiving Hospital and spent most of his career as a general surgeon at St. John Hospital in Detroit, from which he retired in 1988. He served as chief of staff at St. John from 1967-68 and after his retirement trained doctors as a volunteer.
Dr. France taught medicine as a clinical professor at Wayne State University from 1953-88, and also served on the school’s admissions committee for several years during the 1970s.
He was a member of the Detroit Medical Club, Detroit Surgical Society, member and past president of the Wayne County Medical Society and a regular contributor to the Michigan State Medical Society’s newspaper.
Dr. France is survived by his wife, Audrey; daughters Margaret Rao and Karen Unruh; sons Robert and John; and nine grandchildren.
Visitation is 3-9 p.m. today at Verheyden Funeral Home, 16300 Mack, Grosse Pointe Park. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gross Pointe Memorial Church, 16 Lake Shore, Grosse Pointe Farms.
Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan. Friday, 9 October 1992.
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- C. Jackson France, 75, a Detroit native who served the metro area as a surgeon for more than 40 years, died of heart disease Monday at his Grosse Pointe Park home.
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