FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - John Francis Fleming, 72, a resident of Fort Lauderdale and a Lowell native, died Thursday, Dec 4, at Broward General Medical Center, Hospice Unit, in Fort Lauderdale. He was the husband of Mary (Linnehan) Fleming. He was born in Lowell on Oct. 9, 1931, the youngest son of the late Thomas Fleming and Mary Veronica (Moroney) Fleming.Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Karen Fleming of Avon, N.C., three brothers and a sister-in-law, Francis Fleming of Chelmsford, Thomas Fleming and wife Nell of Lowell, and Raymond Fleming. He also leaves a sister-in-law, Helen Barrows of Chelmsford; a brother-in-law and his wife, James and Joan Linnehan of Windham, N.H.; also survived by many nieces and nephews.He was the nephew of the late Anna Moroney.