Sidney Inez DiNino passed away Tuesday, Oct.15, 2019 at the age of 95.
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Services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, at Greer’s Mortuary, with a graveside service following at Desert View Cemetery.
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She was born June 14,1924 to Sidney and Olga Custer in Colorado City, Texas. Shortly after graduating from high school she moved to Winslow.
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Sidney made friends quickly going to pep rallies and dances. A girlfriend nicknamed her Frenchie and that was the name she went by for 70-plus years.
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Frenchie went to work at Winslow Drug and was assigned to the soda fountain. She had many stories to tell about her time as a soda jerk. While working there she met a sailor named Pat DiNino who was stationed in Winslow with the Navy. Pat and Frenchie married Oct. 6, 1945 in Phoenix. They had two children, Michael and Linda. Mike passed away at the age of 10 and Frenchie never got over that loss.
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Frenchie loved to sew and she was an amazing seamstress, a skill she learned from her mother. Other enjoyments were painting, ceramics, stained glass, gardening, bowling, and coffee clatch with the girls. She lived at 806 Williamson Ave. for over 70 years. An avid home maker, her home was always spotless.
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Frenchie is survived by her daughter, Linda (Joe) Benham; granddaughters, Mindy (Manny) Perez, Joey (Donny) Nelson and Tessa (Michelle) Williams; great-grandchildren, Rhett Hardy, Jace (Chalet) Hardy, Trey (Bailee) Hardy, Kali Hardy, Jordon Nelson, Taylor Nelson, Rylan Williams and Logan Williams; great-great granddaughters, Brinnley Hardy and Maci Hardy; nephews, Sid and Ken Custer; and niece Sabrina Custer.
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Greer’s Mortuary of Winslow handled the arrangements.
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