AUBURN - Barbara Titus Francis, 91, of the VanDuyne Nursing Home, town of Onondaga, died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2005, at the nursing home.

Born in Auburn on May 24, 1913, she was the daughter of Raymond C. and Clara Louise Heald Titus. She was a 1930 graduate of Auburn High School and a 1934 graduate of Simmons College in Boston.

Following college, she was employed at the Cornell Law School for seven years and spent four summers at Harvard Law School, revising Williston's Treatise on the Law of Contracts. She then worked one year at the College of Architecture at Cornell University.

In 1939, she traveled across country with a college roommate, who just predeceased her last August. They remained lifelong friends.

She was employed for many years by the R.G. Wright Insurance Co. in Fosterville. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She volunteered for many years at The Home, as an active board member and treasurer.

Surviving is one son, Glenn (Sharron) Francis of Marietta; three grandchildren, Matthew, Meghan and Mark (Stephanie) Francis; and two great-granddaughters. Also surviving are two cousins, John Titus of Las Vegas, Nev. and Glenn Titus of Detroit, Mich.

Barbara was predeceased by her husband, Edwin James Francis in March 1985, whom she married in Auburn, on April 11, 1942.

Visiting hours will be 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, with funeral services to follow, at the Langham Funeral Home, 75 E. Genesee St. Burial will be in Fort Hill Cemetery in the spring.

In lieu of flowers, friends are asked to contribute to the First United Methodist Church, 99 South St., Auburn, in her memory.