Frances Colette Fabian

August 8, 1935 - June 17, 2021

Frances C. Fabian, 85, passed away on June, 17, 2021. Born August 8, 1935 in Hamtramck, Michigan, she lived in Escondido for 51 years. Retired from the City of Escondido Finance Department after 29 years. Fran enjoyed dabbling in sewing and photography, traveling, her pets, and the movies. Fran was preceded in death by her mother, Genevieve Fabian in 1998 and sister, Michaelina Fabian in 1999. She is survived by her sons, Michael Crippen & Paul McFaddin of Escondido, and daughter & son-in-law, Catherine & Michael Zoyiopoulos of Murrieta, 3 grandchildren, Charles, Crystal, & Sean Paul, sister, Patricia Fabian, nieces Patricia (Dennis) Peterson & Marcelle Walker, nephews Daniel (Martine) Virgilio and Bruce (Dawn) Virgilio, 7 great-nieces & nephews. Fran's Recollections I started working for the City as a PEP (Public Employee Program) employee in 1971 as a soon-to-be single parent of three children ages 6, 11, and 16. City Hall was combined with the Police Dept. & I remember the smell of gun powder when bullets were made in a little room around the corner from the Detective's squad room next to the small jail. The Finance Dept. was located next to them, and we were all jammed together. When I worked in Water Acctng (2 clerks then!) the whole dept. )Purchasing -1, Business License -1, the cashier, 2 water clerks, 1 accts payable clerk, the executive secretary, & some of the Computer group (4-5 including the key punch operators) stopped their work to help stuff water/sewer bills for mailing each month! Back then, it was easy to remember who everybody was & where they worked at City Hall. A lot of people have moved on over the years, & times have changed with each successive City Mgr. & Councils, making this an interesting place to spend a lifetime! And my fellow employees have always been the best. Where else could you find a "Puppy Shower" put on by a group of office workers like they did for me. And they even named Lucy & Ricky! As one of the "worker bees", I have considered myself a "Happy Camper"(and that's enough clichés for now).