Frances Womack shied away from the limelight but never from hard work. “She never really thought she was good at anything but she really was,” said her daughter Sharron Sailor. “She was very soft-spoken.” Her husband, Hugh F. “Nick” Womack, was an Aurora alderman who was on the Civil Service Commission, for which Mrs. Womack was unofficial secretary. Mrs. Womack, 83, formerly of Aurora, who also was a member of all the committees at New England Congregational Church in Aurora, died Saturday, Feb. 5, in Sunrise Assisted Living in Glen Ellyn of complications from dementia. Born in Bristol in northern Kendall County, Mrs. Womack was raised on a farm in Plano owned by her father, an emigrant from England. Shortly after she graduated from Plano High School, she married her husband, whom she had met at a roller rink. The couple moved to Aurora. When her children entered school, she became active in the Parent Teacher Associations and was president of the Todd Elementary PTA and then at West Aurora High School. As an adult, she researched her mother’s lineage and found a link with the Daughters of the American Revolution. She also was active in the Midwest Pressed Glass Club and the Aurora Women’s Club. But for 50 years, she was most active with her church and with other members, visited the Holy Land several times, her daughter said. Her travels also took her to China, Europe and to visit relatives in England. Her husband died in 1988. Other survivors include two more daughters, Sandra Spasoff and Starr Nisley; a sister, Harriet McFarland; a brother, Robert Squirell; six grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in Healy Chapel, 332 W. Downer Pl., Aurora. Funeral services will begin at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in New England Congregational Church, 406 W. Galena Blvd., Aurora.
