Born "Maria Francisca Lacassagne" (nicknamed "Pammy" by her grandchildren) to Melinda Delgado Lacassagne and Paul P. Lacassagne on August 14, 1911 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She was graduated from Loretto Academy in 1930 and married Osmundo Lucero on June 22, 1936. They had two daughters, Rozella Lopez (Eddie) and Alicia Pino (Gilbert) and one niece, Gloria Wells (Brian), who was very special to them; Grandchildren: Melinda Lopez-Robbins, Edward J. Lopez, Jr. (Tara), Elizabeth Anne Lopez, Karen Lopez Walker (Corey), Kenneth J. Pino (Ryszard), Thomas J. Pino (Valerie), Regina Pino Ligon (Dave), Ron Pino (Linda), and Elaine Pino; grand-nieces Melissa Sanchez-Rutland (Erik) and Jennifer Sanchez-Stagen (Neil), and grand-nephew Matthew Wells (Kylee). And many loving great grandchildren, nephews and nieces. Frances was the eldest of eight Lacassagne daughters: Adelina Rivera Fresquez, Maria Isabel "Belle" Lacassagne Ortiz, Josina JoJo Lacassagne Romero, Lucy McCachren, Teresa "Tessie" Romero, Consuelo "Connie" Lacassagne, Viola Manzanares, and a brother Edward Lacassagne. She married Ambrosio F. Ortiz in August 1982 and considered his children: Patrick T. Ortiz (Judy) and Terry Lopez (Teddy) and grandchildren, Amy Lloyd (Aaron), Karen Ortiz, Kevin Lopez, Kenneth Lopez, Keith Lopez and Kathryn Lopez as her own.

She attended St. Francis School and Loretto Academy in Santa Fe and the Santa Fe Business College. She was a member Our Lady of Guadalupe (Santa Fe) Parish Council, the Catholic Daughters of America, Little Flower Reading Circle, Our Lady of Guadalupe Ladies Society, Holy Family Society, Altar Society, Perpetual Adoration Society, La Sociedad Folklorica and she taught CCD. Frances worked at the Santa Fe County Clerk's Office and the U.S. District Court as deputy clerk and later as personal secretary to U.S. District Judge H. Vearle Payne.

She died on the morning of February 13, 2015 in hospice not far from her cherished 151 Sombrio Drive home in Santa Fe, NM.

Following is a short biography of Frances' grandfather, Etienne Lacassagne, and her dad, Paul Peter, from page 171 of Patorni, François-Marie, The French in New Mexico: Four Centuries of Exploration, Adventure, and Influence, 2020 French in America Press. Kindle Edition, p. 171:

• Another prominent builder brought from France by Bishop Lamy was Etienne Lacassagne. He worked on the construction of the Saint Francis Cathedral, the Loretto Chapel, the St. Michael's and Loretto school buildings, and other properties. In 1877, the New Mexico Territory commissioned him to install a brick cornice and a brick chimney "with neat molded tops" on the east end of the Palace of the Governors. His brick company, Etienne Lacassagne & Co., supplied machine-made bricks to the Industrial School, and in 1894 he completed the south tower of the cathedral. After his work on the diocesan buildings, Lacassagne remained in Santa Fe, married, and worked as a sculptor and artist. The couple had one son, Paul. He followed his father's dedication to the visual arts, opened an advertising company in Santa Fe, and participated in numerous projects around town. Paul and his wife, Melinda, had three sons and eight daughters. All eight daughters attended the Loretto Academy. The Lacassagne family is a New Mexico dynasty with about a hundred descendants. About 40 members of the family attended the St. Michael's and Loretto schools. Etienne's granddaughter, Frances Lacassagne, was the longest-living Loretto graduate when she passed away in February 2015 at age 103.

Patorni, François-Marie. The French in New Mexico: Four Centuries of Exploration, Adventure, and Influence, 2020 French in America Press. Kindle Edition, p. 171. (Emphasis added)

Split marker for Osmundo and Frances Lacassagne Lucero. **Note: Frances' second husband, Ambrosio F. Ortiz, is buried in the nearby Santa Fe National Cemetery with his first wife, Ernestine S. Ortiz.