Obits: Bence, Harry H, Indiana Co Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Betty Smith. csmith655@comcast.net USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. HARRY H. BENCE, 68, a lifetime resident of Indiana county, died very suddenly of a heart attack while at work, Monday, March 12 at 9 am. He resided at Clymer RD 1. Mr. Bence was born in Cherryhill Township, Indiana County, December 12, 1883, a son of Henry and the late Emma (Cribbs) Bence. At the time of his death, Mr. Bence was working as tipple boss at the Barr Slope Division of the C.B.C. Coal Co., where he had been employed for the past forty-one years. He was a member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church of Dixonville. Surviving are his wife, Anna Belle (Buchanan) Bence, one daughter and four sons: Mrs. Arbutus Lightner, Dixonville; Lee Bence, Vandergrift; Dean, Harrisburg, Ill.; Blaine, Erie, and Ray, Chardon, Ohio. He is also survived by his father, Henry Bence of Kenton, Ohio, and the following brothers and sisters:Emory Bence, Spring Church; Mrs. Clara Keto and Mrs. Emma Keiser, both of Kenton, Ohio; and Mrs. Mary Spencer and Mrs. Iva West, both of Reading. Ten grandchildren also survive. One son, Glenn, preceded him in death in 1945. Friends will be received at the Bence Funeral Home, Clymer, after 7 pm today, where services will be conducted on Thursday, March 15, at 2 pm. The Rev. Frank B. Miller of Dixonville will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Frank B. Miller of Dixonville will officiate, assisted by the Rev. Bernard C. Pollock of Penn Run. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery, Indiana.