Frances Platt Hines Appolloni of Ocean Grove, died at home on January 5, 2015 after a brief struggle with cancer. Fran was born in Newmarket, NJ on March 14, 1927 to Emily Piddington and Frank Liming Platt. She graduated from Neptune High School in 1945. She attended Ann May School of Nursing and graduated in the last class of the Cadet Nursing Corp in 1948. She continued her training in neonatal nursing at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. She returned to Fitkin Hospital (now Jersey Shore University Medical Center) to head the nursery. In 1951 she married Harrison Richard Hines, MD and moved to San Francisco. They had four children and upon Harrison's untimely death in 1963 she moved back to New Jersey to be near family, later marrying Francis V Appolloni. She was a devoted Registered Nurse for over 60 years, including school nursing in the Neptune school system, and geriatric nursing, finally retiring at the age of 82. She volunteered for Caring Friends and the Ocean Grove Citizens Patrol. She inaugurated and was race director for The Run For The Arts for 15 years, contributing a substantial fund for her beloved Jersey Shore Arts Center. Fran was predeceased by her husbands, her sister Florence Holl, also of Ocean Grove and her brother Thomas Platt. Fran is survived by her children: Richard G Hines, MD (Daune T Lord) of Blue Hill, ME; Andrea Hines of Fort Collins, CO; Gregory E Hines (Gail) of Oak Bluffs, MA and Jeffrey R Hines (Patti Stirk) of York, PA, her stepchildren, Nancy Stober (Doug) of Mendham, NJ; Judy Velez (Marc) of Princeton, NJ and David Appolloni (Donna) Hellertown, PA, her grandchildren, Harrison (Sarah), Mallory, Nathaniel, Amelia, Emily, Katharine and her step grandchildren, Michael, Christopher, Patrick, Dana, JR, Amanda, Kaitlin, Zach and Faith. She had 7 great grandchildren and one more on the way. Also surviving are her special friends, Borna and Amy Albus and their sons Dominik and Noah of Bloomington, MN. A memorial celebration of Fran's life will be held this Saturday, January 10th at 2pm on the 3rd floor of the Jersey Shore Arts Center, Ocean Grove. In lieu of flowers a memorial donation may be made to Jersey Shore Arts Center, PO Box 55, Ocean Grove, NJ 07756, jerseyshoreartscenter.org.