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Portrait of Frances Maria Cage
In loving memory

Frances Maria Cage

January 16, 1958 – August 26, 2024
Lived 66 years
Mount St Benedict · Bloomfield, Connecticut
Our Mother, Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure. You are loved beyond words and missed beyond measure.
Life story

In her own words,

Frances Maria Williams-Cage was born on January 16, 1958, in Franklin, Louisiana to the late Francis Williams and late Clifford Roberson, Sr. She was baptized by the late Reverend Bennett of Good Hope Baptist Church in Patterson, Louisiana. In 1995, Frances and her daughters Keyia and Brionne moved to East Hartford, Connecticut. In 2000, Frances and her daughters joined Shiloh Baptist Church in Hartford, Connecticut and later Impact Church in Hartford, Connecticut. Frances was employed by Riverside Health and Rehabilitation Center in East Hartford, Connecticut for 23 years as well as Atria Senior Living in Glastonbury, Connecticut for 17 years.

She leaves behind in this world her for precious jewels to mourn her daughters Keyia Cage (Corey Stubbs), Brionne Cage-McFarlane (Kevin McFarlane), Kymora Rose Maria Stubbs, and Kysen Anthony McFarlane. She also leaves behind: her nephew whom she loved like a son Anthony Offiaeli, her significant other Wendell Morris of 29 years; her sister and best friend Abby Offiaeli (Aaron Petty) of Glastonbury, Connecticut; her sister Joyce Crenshaw of East Hartford, Connecticut; her sisters Anita Evans of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Nettie Rondeno of Atlanta, Georgia, Elaine Phillips of Baker, Louisiana, Sherel Roberson of Patterson, Louisiana; and her brothers Larry Joe Williams (Amanda Williams) of Patterson, Louisiana, Eric Louis (Debra) of Patterson, Louisiana, Shelby Roberson of Morgan City, Louisiana, Dr. Clifford Roberson, Jr., Atlanta, Georgia and Donald of Morgan City, Louisiana. Frances was predeceased by her brothers the late Ernest Ray Darnell and the late Dan Robertson of Patterson Louisiana.

Frances also leaves behind her godmother Jackie Brown of Patterson Louisiana and her goddaughter's Martha Stewart of Mississippi, Fadisca Johnson-Thompson of Tennessee, and Taniah Matticka of Manchester, Connecticut. She also leaves behind her favorite cousins Edith Williams of Texas and Wanda Faye Palmer of Arizona and a host of cousins, nieces and nephews. She would also like to honor her lifelong friends Ann and Jerry Lewis (godparents to Keyia), Jackie Valteau (godmother to Brionne), Carol Johnson, Patricia Bridget and her Connecticut sister club; Maria “Lucy” Cox, Delphine Cortes, Michelle Johnson-Thomas, Michelle Rowley, Evelyn Boyce, Mary Carruthers, Lou Henderson, Bernice Babino, Rashee Russell and a host of family and friends.

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Family milestones in gold, history for context

1958
Born January 16
1958
Born to Francis Williams & Clifford Robinson
1959
Frances was 1 when Barbie made her debut
1969
Frances was 11 when the Woodstock music festival opened
1971
Frances was 13 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Gave birth to first daughter Keyia ❤️
1982
Frances was 24 when Michael Jackson released "Thriller"
1992
Gave birth to second daughter Brionne❤️
1998
Frances was 40 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2004
Frances was 46 when Facebook was launched
2010
Frances was 52 when Instagram was launched
2022
Frances was 64 when Queen Elizabeth II died after 70 years on the throne
2024
Passed away August 26, age 66
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Plot: D extension B-4 Grave 6
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