EATON, IN
Joyce E. Vance, 83, passed
away, Thursday, November 28, 2013 at Signature Health Care in Muncie.
The daughter of Doro thy
Smith Marquell, Joyce was born on April 28, 1930 in Indianapolis, Indiana. She graduated
from Eaton High School, class of 1948. Joyce graduated from Indiana Business
College and went on to work for Owens Illinois Glass Company as a
secretary.
On June 24, 1949 she married
Jerry Vance in Shideler. They spent the
next 64 years of marriage raising their five children and doing many activities
together including restoring Model-A cars.
Both Jerry and Joyce were members of the Model-A Restorers Club.
Joyce worked for Waldo
Greenhouse for 29 years and was also a member of the Home Ec Club. She especially loved oil painting.
She is survived by her
husband of 64 years, Jerry Vance, her children: Dave Vance, Jay Vance, Mark
Vance (Sheryl), Sally Anne Lewis, and Brian Vance (Brenda), two sisters, Mary
Cuifo (Don) and Alice Feezle, as well as 12 grandchildren and 7
great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held
at 10:00 am on Monday, December 2, 2013 at the Pitman-Richman Funeral Home, 200
S. Hartford St., Eaton, with Rev. Eldon Morehouse officiating. Burial will follow at Gardens of Memory.
Visitation for friends and
family will be on Sunday, December 1, 2013 from 2:00 until 6:00 pm and from
9:00 until 10:00 am, Monday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made in her name to the
Little Red Door Cancer Services of Delaware County, 2311 W. Jackson St., Muncie
47303.
Online condolence may be left
for the family at www.watersfuneralhomes.com.
