Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Vance, Irene M. (Riley) 1993 ************************************************ 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 December 4, 2009, 2:31 pm Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Monday, 20 Sep 1993, page 3A Ionia - Irene M. Vance, 74, of Ionia, died on Saturday, at the Ionia Manor. She was born on October 11, 1918, in Hubbardston, the daughter of William T. and Margaret Egan Riley. She married Jed Vance on September 21, 1953, in Ionia. He preceded her in death on September 20, 1992. She was a lifetime area resident. She attended Hubbardston schools. She was retired from GenCorp of Ionia. She is survived by six daughters, Norma Coryell, Margaret Lafler, Alice Montgomery, Judy Beyer, all of Ionia, Amy Vance of Lansing, and Sharon Patterson of Bonita Springs, Fla.; two sons, Brian Vance of Kenai, Alaska, Greg Vance of Hubbardston; one brother, Tom of Ionia; three sisters, Katherine Miller and Wilma Miller, both of Ionia, and Julia Ward of Crystal; 25 grandchildren; and 15 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Leo. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Hubbardston, with the Rev. William Reitz officiating. Burial will be in East Plains Cemetery, Matherton. Rosary will be prayed 7:30 p.m. at the Schnepp Funeral Home, Carson City. A memorial has been established for the Ionia Area Hospice, in care of the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/v/vance1527nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb