Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Vance, Lena B. Blackmer 1958 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net October 29, 2009, 11:56 am Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 13 Jan 1958 VANCE, Lena B. (BLACKMER) Ionia Daily Sentinel Standard, 13 Jan 1958 After a lengthy illness, Mrs. Lena B. Vance, 73, of 311 State street, died Saturday evening. She was born November 1, 1884 in Bloomer township, Montcalm county, a daughter of Newton and Fanny Blackmer. She was married December 21, 1910 to Edward E. Vance and he died in 1956. Mrs. Vance lived for a number of years in Pewamo where she and Mr. Vance owned and operated a farm implement store and later they moved to Lyons. In 1915 they moved to Easton township and upon retiring from farm work moved to Ionia a few years ago. She was a member of the State Road club. Surviving are a daughter Mrs. Stanley (Fanny) Jorgensen of route three, Ionia; a son, George N. Vance of Ionia; six grandchildren; a brother, Ezra Blackmer of Hubbardston and three sisters, Mrs. Blanche Heath of Palmetto, Fla., Mrs. Nellie Arntz of Sheridan and Mrs. Arthur Huyck of Carson City. Funeral service will be conducted by the Rev. Heath Goodwin, pastor of the First Methodist church at 2 p.m. Tuesday, at the Stone-Kauffman funeral Home. Interment will be in Balcom cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/v/vance1127nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb