VANCE, Maxine Mae (Mallery) 1921-2012

VANCE, MULLER, MALLERY, HANCHETT, JENSEN, NIXT

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 10/15/2012 at 12:28:22

CHARLES CITY - Maxine Vance, 91, of Charles City, formerly of Floyd, died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2012, at Riverside Senior Living in Charles City.

Funeral services for Maxine Vance will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at Grace United Methodist Church in Floyd. Pastor Martha Bennett will officiate. Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery at Floyd. Friends may call at the Hauser Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, and Wednesday at the church an hour prior to the service.

Maxine Mae Mallery Vance was born Aug. 18, 1921, at Rudd, the daughter of Claire and Blanche (Hanchett) Mallery. In 1939 she graduated from Rudd High School. Maxine then attended Normal School at Lohrville and taught school for four years. She would later attend classes at Iowa State Teachers College.

On July 23, 1944, she was united in marriage to Dale Vance at Rudd. They lived in Las Vegas, Nevada, until Dale was discharged from the United States Air Force, at which time they moved near Floyd and started farming. For more than 60 years they would live on the farm, moving to Charles City in February of 2012.

Maxine was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and taught the adult Sunday School for many years. She was also a member of Farm Bureau Women. Her interests included gardening, reading, working crossword puzzles, sewing, quilting, knitting and crocheting. Maxine always looked forward to spending time with her family.

Living family members include her husband, Dale Vance of Charles City; seven children: Elaine (Dennis) Harvey of Bel Aire, Kansas, Carolyn (Ron) Jensen of Cedar Falls, Jerry (Anna) Vance of Cedar Falls, LeRoy (Jean) Vance of Floyd, Susan (George) Nixt of Greene, Sandy Vance of Charles City and Kris Harris of Springfield, Virginia; 16 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; a brother, Don Mallery of Rudd; and a sister, Dolores Muller of Rockford.

She was preceded in death by her parents, and a sister, Eunice Shelley.

Memorials may be directed to Grace United Methodist Church, 701 First Ave., Floyd, IA 50435.
Hauser Funeral Home in Charles City, 641-228-2323, is in charge of arrangements.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.hauserfh.com.

[Published in Globe Gazette, October 15, 2012]