Frances DOUGLASS

1913 - 2006  (92 years)

• Name	Frances DOUGLASS  [2]
  	Business woman, philanthropist, loving mother and grandmother, Frances Douglass Silleck ("Fran") was the daughter of the late Frederick H. Douglass (1884-1963) and Anna Disco-Douglass (1889-1974). She married H. Garrison ("Garry") Silleck (1904-1984) of New York City in St. Agnes Church of Lake Placid on Oct. 16, 1948. Garry was the son of H. Garrison Silleck Jr. (1870-1962), a lumber magnate from Bronx County, New York City, and Amanda Elizabeth "Lizzie" Ruppert (1878-1952) of New York City, daughter of beer magnate, Jacob Ruppert Sr. (1842-1915) and Anna Gillig-Ruppert (1842-1924). Frances was his fourth wife who raised his only child, Joan Willets Silleck-Wheelwright-Schneider. Frances was predeceased by two brothers, Roderick W. Douglass (1917-1996) and Gerald K. Douglass (1925-2003); two sisters, Gladys Douglass-Swift (1908-1974) and Marie Douglass-Goodsell (1910-1987). She and Garry had no children, but she had a step-daughter, Joan Willets Silleck-Wheelwright-Schneider (1931-2003, former wife of designer Roger Oakley Wheelwright) from her husband's previous marriages (two) to Adelaide Willets Slosson of Greenwich, Connecticut. Mrs. Silleck is survived by one brother, Frederick H. Douglass Jr. of Camarillo, CA.; and nieces, nephews and step-grandchildren including Cathy, Lisa, Nancy and Richard Garrison Wheelwright of Jupiter, Florida. Mrs. Silleck was a graduate of Lake Placid High School, Class of 1931, and the Mildred Elly Business College in Albany, N.Y. During the summer Olympics of 1932, at the age of 19, she served as a personal assistant to Count Henri de Baillet-Latour (1876-1942), third president of the International Olympic Committee. She managed the Lake Placid Real Estate and Insurance Agency and was on the boards of the Lake Placid Memorial Hospital and Uihlein Mercy Center. Mrs. Silleck was an avid sportswoman, a supporter of many local charities and well-known for her remark, "Remember to keep the tread in your tires." Donations in her memory may be made to either of the Frances Douglass Silleck Trusts: Adirondack Community Trust (2284 Saranac Avenue) and Uihlein Mercy Center (185 Old Military Road), both of Lake Placid, New York 12946. --- K. Jacob Ruppert, New York/New Orleans. [1]
  Birth	26 Oct 1913	Lake Placid, New York   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	5 Jul 2006	Lake Placid, New York   [2]
  Burial	Saint Agnes Cemetery, Lake Placid, Essex Co., New York   [1]
  Person ID	I77209	Main Tree
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2015

  
  

  Father	Frederick H. DOUGLASS,   b. 16 Jul 1884, Black Brook, Clinton Co., New York d. 3 Nov 1963, Lake Placid, Essex Co., New York (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Anna DISCO,   b. 1889   d. 1974 (Age 85 years)
  Family ID	F31182	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Henry Garrison SILLECK, III,   b. 12 Apr 1906, New York City, New York d. 11 Feb 1984, Palm Beach, Florida (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	16 Oct 1948  [2]
  Family ID	F31180	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2015

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S6992] "Ancestors of Henry Garrison Silleck III" by Roy W. Boylan.