Obituary of Mrs. Robert Vance, Clifford, Lapeer County, Michigan Copyright © 1998 by Clayton Sharrard. This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. ___________________________________________________________________ Tuscola County Advertiser, Friday 05/14/1909 Mrs. Robert VANCE died at her home in Clifford Saturday, May 7; her remains were brought to Deford the following Tuesday. Funeral services were held in the M.E. Church. Rev. BEEDEN preached the funeral sermon and she was laid away in the Novesta cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. VANCE came to this country from Canada twenty-five years ago and settled on a farm near Deford where they lived until two years ago when on account of poor health they sold their farm and moved to Clifford. She leaves a husband and nine children, six sons and three daughters, seven of whom were at the funeral. She was a good mother. She will be missed by her family and a large circle of friends. She was 68 years old. dz