Frances Laverne Brown Zisman was born April 3, 1938, in Sterling, Oklahoma.
She graduated from Walters High School in 1956. Frances attended OCU from 1956- 1957, where she was a Surrey Singer and a member of the Delta Zeta Sorority.
In 1962, she received her Bachelor of Science Degree of Education from Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha, Oklahoma, followed by a Master's Degree of Education from Southwestern State College in Weatherford, Oklahoma, in 1970.
Frances married Allen Lamar Zisman on February 15, 1958, in Fletcher, Oklahoma. Mrs. Zisman taught at many Oklahoma schools including Bessie, Cordell, Frederick, Roosevelt, and Walters.
She retired from public school teaching in 1997. Mrs. Zisman enjoyed teaching reading and literature, and loved the antics and stories of her middle schoolers.
She was a member of the Oklahoma Retired Teachers' Associate and a delegate to the Association of South Central Oklahoma Government.
Mrs. Zisman was an active member of the Crown Heights United Methodist Church and sang alto in church choirs for years. She thoroughly enjoyed singing and dancing.
Frances was preceded in death by her husband, Allen L. Zisman; her father, Rev. Lawrence J. Brown; her mother, Edna M. Brown; and her sister, Mary Spears.
She is survived by daughter, Julie Williams and her husband, Scott of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; son, Stan Zisman and his wife, Whitney Zisman of Houston, Texas; her fall crop, Jan Zisman and husband, A. Stewart MacInnes of Ogden, Utah; sisters, Helen Vodicka and Sybil Eliasen of Dallas, Texas; brother, Paul Brown of Garland, Texas; and ten grandchildren, Blake Zisman, Ryan Zisman, Olivia Zisman, Reagan Clark, Robert Clark, Mitchel Williams, Kate Williams, A. Maximus Mac- Innes, Samuel MacInnes, and Camden MacInnes.
In lieu of flowers, please send any donations in honor of Frances and her family to the Allen and Frances Zisman Excellence in Chemistry Endowed Scholarship Fund at Cameron University, 2800 W. Gore Blvd., Lawton, Oklahoma 73505.
