Fern Vance 1914 - 2007

VANCE, HUGHES, SMITH, CLAIR, BARNHILL

Posted By: Mary (email)
Date: 4/24/2007 at 09:29:44

Published April 23, 2007 11:46 pm
Ottumwa Courier

Fern Vance, 93, Bussey
BUSSEY — Fern Sarah Vance, age 93, of Bussey, Iowa died Sunday, April 22, 2007, at the Pella Regional Health Center in Pella, Iowa.

She was born March 23, 1914 in Mahaska County, Iowa to James Garfield and Anna (Hughes) Smith. She married Frank Clair Vance on Nov. 30, 1929 in OTTUMWA, Iowa. He passed away in 1970.

She is survived by three daughters, Betty Grace and husband Dale of Oskaloosa, Patty Barnhill of Bussey and Beverly Armstrong of Knoxville; one son-in-law, Frank Spaur of Bussey; and one daughter-in-law, Dottie Vance of Des Moines; 25 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren; one sister, Pauline Wilson of Bussey also survives.

Her parents; husband; one son, Charles Vance; three daughters, Louise Spaur and twins, Judy Sinclair and Janice Sinnott; three sisters; and four brothers; precede her in death.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Bussey United Methodist Church in Bussey with Rev. Jill Leveck officiating. Burial will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Bussey.

Visitation will open after 12 noon on Tuesday, April 24 at the Winfield Funeral Home with the family present from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday evening.

Memorials have been established to the Bussey United Methodist Church or to the Greenlawn Cemetery.

Condolences may be made at www.winfieldfh.com