Section: 4th Addition Lot: 50 Grave: 1
Bryce C Vance
Born: June 16th, 1920
Died: July 22nd, 1987
Obituary
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Bryce C. Vance, 67 |
Bryce C. Vance, 67, of East Jordan, died July 22,1987, at Little Traverse Division, Northern Michigan Hospitals.
Funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday, July 25, at the East Jordan United Methodist Church. The Rev. Merlin Delo and the Rev. Wirth Tennant will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery, East Jordan.
Mr. Vance was born June 16,1920, in Echo Township, Antrim County, the son of Vernon and Ruth (Carpenter) Vance. He graduated from East Jordan High School in 1939 and later attended Michigan State University.
Mr. Vance was a veteran of World War II, serving in the European theater.
On July 12, 1946, he married the former Virginia Vogt at Grand Ledge. They always lived in Echo Township.
Mr. Vance was employed by Mt. Clemens Metal Corp. which later became Gulf and Western. He retired after 32 years with the company.
He was a member of the United Methodist Church; the Jensen-Richardson Post No. 418, American Legion at Ellsworth and the Antrim County Farm Bureau. Mr. Vance was active with the Soil Conservation Service for many years- and was director for 21 years. He was associated with the Farm Horne Administration for three years; was a member and former chairman of
the Department of Social Services Board of Antrim County for 18 years. He was director of the Republic Bank North in Bellaire; a member of the East Jordan Rotary Club and a Paul Harris Fellow.
This spring he received a 21-year perfect attendance pin.
Mr. Vance was a member of the Rotary Exchange program for several years.
He is survived by: his wife; one brother, Barton of Wheaton, Ill.; two sisters, Mrs. Lloyd (Patricia) Schloop of East Jordan and Mrs. Wirth (Jane) Tennant of Traverse City; nieces, nephews, uncles and aunts.
The family suggests memorials to the East Jordan Uriited Methodist Church or the Antrim County Unit of the American Cancer Society. Envelopes for that purpose are available at the Hastings Funeral Home, Ellsworth, where friends may call 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. today.
