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Willard Vernon Vance

Male 1903 - 1995  (92 years)


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  • Name Willard Vernon Vance 
    Born 19 Mar 1903  Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 23 Aug 1995  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Buck's Grove Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6782  Rossville
    Last Modified 3 May 2018 

    Father Samuel Edward Vance 
    Mother Rebecca Merriweather Vance 
    Family ID F6302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Thelma Roberson Vance 
    Married 18 Nov 1934  Elmont, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Willa Geraldine Vance Fouts
     2. Edwin C Vance
     3. James F Vance
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2019 01:03:17 
    Family ID F6303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Obituary- Vance, Willard
    Obituary- Vance, Willard
    Willard Vernon Vance
    ROSSVILLE — Willard Vernon Vance, 90, formerly of Havensville, died Monday, Aug. 23, 1995, at a Rossville nursing home.

    Mr. Vance was a farmer and stockman and had lived in Havensville since 1963. He earlier had lived in Elmont.

    He was born March 19, 1903, in Jackson County, the son of Samuel Edward and Rebecca Merriweather Vance.

    Mr. Vance was a member of the Buck's Grove United Methodist Church, east of Havensville.

    He was married to Thelma Roberson on Nov. 18, 1934, in Elmont. She survives.

    Other survivors include a daughter,
    Geraldine Fouts, Maple Hill; two sons, Edwin C. Vance, Soldier, and James F. "Frank” Vance, Onaga; a sister, Edna M. Vance, Topeka; four grandchildren and two step grandchildren.

    Services will be at IO a.m. Thursday at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Burial will be at Buck s Grove Cemetery east of Havensville. Relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Valley Manor or to the Alzheimer's Foundation and sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, Holton, Kan., 66436.