Frances Helen Sykora

(Did you mean Frances Alberti Sykora, her sister-in-law?)

(March 2, 1921 – January 1, 2002)

Frances Sykora (later Racic) attended the first Worldcon, Nycon 1, in 1939. She later served as “girl reporter” for Fantasy-News and belonged to the QSFL.

She was the sister of Triumvir Will Sykora. In 1941, she married another fan, Mario Racic, who had been on the Nycon concom.

• “Girl Reporters Interview Editor of Famous Fantastic Mysteries,” Fantasy-News 85 (February 4, 1940).
• FindAGrave.

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1921—2002

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