Frances Glynn
(1933 – March 13, 2009)
Frances Glynn (later Jason, then Glynn Ferguson) was a fan first from Manchester in the UK. She was a member of the Nor'west Science Fantasy Club and was part of the group that launched the all-female fanzine Femizine at Supermancon in 1954, designing its poster.
Her elder brother was fan Tony Glynn. According to his obituary of her, she and Frances Evans, “both dark-haired and attractive, were frequently mistaken for each other.” He also wrote that Frances's “background was in fashion design and dressmaking [and she] was remembered for her convention skirt, sporting spaceships, planets and stars”.
Frances Glynn moved to Cleveland, OH area in the mid-1960s “and soon became friendly with fans in and around Cleveland.” She married local fan Ben Jason and attended Tricon (1966, which Ben co-chaired) and other American conventions. She was particularly friendly with her neighbours Leigh Brackett and Edmond Hamilton. She later married Jim Ferguson, a former career soldier; he predeceased her, after which she divided her time between North Ridgeville, OH and Tony's home in Southport, UK.
Links[edit]
- Obituary by Tony Glynn in Relapse #17, page 28 (with three photos, inc. the above one)
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