Frances E. Fellows was a member of Riverside United Methodist Church for nearly 60 years. She served as president of United Methodist Women and worked diligently in furthering the music and worship programs for the church. She sang in the choir until well into her 80s.

Frances grew up in Keokuk, Iowa, and earned B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Iowa. She taught public school music before her marriage to Kenneth Fellows in 1935. They had four children.
She served on the Wesley Foundation Board of the University of Houston and was a longtime volunteer at the Houston Speech and Hearing Center. She was an active member of the PEO sisterhood for 72 years.

Although she was identified with a number of other charitable organizations, she gained her greatest personal satisfaction from making herself available to friends in special need. She was a woman of marked intelligence and many talents, recognized for her calm judgment and understanding.

Always one to delve into new interests, at the age of 87, she entered the world of computers and became a faithful email correspondent with friends and family around the world for the rest of her life. She learned to surf the net, to find books in the Houston Public Library they didn't know they had, and to download recipes as well as crossword puzzles from the New York Times. At 91, judging her computer too slow, she upgraded to a new one, which she installed herself. She would be both pleased and amused that a website has been established with her memorial funds.