AFTER BATTLING CANCER FOR NEARLY 5 YEARS, FRANCIS FRANK “MICKEY” HEARNE PASSED AWAY RECENTLY WITH HIS FAMILY BY HIS SIDE. HEARNE, WHO WAS BORN IN KING CITY IN 1942, LIVED IN SOUTH MONTEREY COUNT ALL HIS LIFE…AND FROM 1963 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 2008 HE WAS INTEGRAL TO THE FAMILY BUSINESS, L.A. HEARNE COMPANY. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS AND BROTHER (LARRY); AND HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE (OF MORE THAN 50 YEARS), AS WELL AS HIS CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, 2 BROTHERS, AND 1 SISTER. A RECITATION OF THE ROSARY IS SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 7 P.M. TONIGHT, AND A MASS FOR MICKEY HEARNE WILL BE CELEBRATED STARTING AT 11 A.M. TOMORROW MORNING AT SAINT JOHN’S CATHOLIC CHURCH IN KING CITY.
A CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE IS SLATED TO BE HELD AT THE SALINAS VALLEY FAIRGROUNDS, IN THE ORRADRE BUILDING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING TOMORROW’S MASS.
