Quad City Herald - Mar 26, 1992
Gertrude Vance, 99, Mansfield, a pioneer resident of the northern Douglas County area, died Friday afternoon, March 13, 1992, in the Okanogan Douglas Hospital in Brewster.
She was born April 15, 1892, to Byard Sampson and Mary Elizabeth (Shank) Witmer on a farm in Sarcoxie, Missouri. She came to the state of Washington at the age of 18 where she married Emry Vance on May 4, 1912, in Spokane. They lived in Hartline for a short time before moving to Leahy on a homestead, where they developed a wheat and cattle ranch. The Vances moved to Mansfield in 1963.
Survivors include two sons, Wesley, Mansfield, and Clinton, Grand Coulee; two daughters; Lois McGrath, Mansfield, and Evelyn Crowder, Okanogan; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1984, two infant sons and a grandson.
A funeral service was conducted at 2:00 pm, Friday afternoon, March 20, in the Mansfield United Protestant Church, Reverend Dr. Kenneth Briggs officiated. If desired, memorials may be made to the Mansfield Ambulance Fund. Concluding services and the burial in the Mansfield Cemetery. Arrangements by the Waterville Funeral Home.
Gertrude Vance, 99, Mansfield, a pioneer resident of the northern Douglas County area, died Friday afternoon, March 13, 1992, in the Okanogan Douglas Hospital in Brewster.
She was born April 15, 1892, to Byard Sampson and Mary Elizabeth (Shank) Witmer on a farm in Sarcoxie, Missouri. She came to the state of Washington at the age of 18 where she married Emry Vance on May 4, 1912, in Spokane. They lived in Hartline for a short time before moving to Leahy on a homestead, where they developed a wheat and cattle ranch. The Vances moved to Mansfield in 1963.
Survivors include two sons, Wesley, Mansfield, and Clinton, Grand Coulee; two daughters; Lois McGrath, Mansfield, and Evelyn Crowder, Okanogan; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1984, two infant sons and a grandson.
A funeral service was conducted at 2:00 pm, Friday afternoon, March 20, in the Mansfield United Protestant Church, Reverend Dr. Kenneth Briggs officiated. If desired, memorials may be made to the Mansfield Ambulance Fund. Concluding services and the burial in the Mansfield Cemetery. Arrangements by the Waterville Funeral Home.
Quad City Herald - Mar 26, 1992
Gertrude Vance, 99, Mansfield, a pioneer resident of the northern Douglas County area, died Friday afternoon, March 13, 1992, in the Okanogan Douglas Hospital in Brewster.
She was born April 15, 1892, to Byard Sampson and Mary Elizabeth (Shank) Witmer on a farm in Sarcoxie, Missouri. She came to the state of Washington at the age of 18 where she married Emry Vance on May 4, 1912, in Spokane. They lived in Hartline for a short time before moving to Leahy on a homestead, where they developed a wheat and cattle ranch. The Vances moved to Mansfield in 1963.
Survivors include two sons, Wesley, Mansfield, and Clinton, Grand Coulee; two daughters; Lois McGrath, Mansfield, and Evelyn Crowder, Okanogan; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1984, two infant sons and a grandson.
A funeral service was conducted at 2:00 pm, Friday afternoon, March 20, in the Mansfield United Protestant Church, Reverend Dr. Kenneth Briggs officiated. If desired, memorials may be made to the Mansfield Ambulance Fund. Concluding services and the burial in the Mansfield Cemetery. Arrangements by the Waterville Funeral Home.
Gertrude Vance, 99, Mansfield, a pioneer resident of the northern Douglas County area, died Friday afternoon, March 13, 1992, in the Okanogan Douglas Hospital in Brewster.
She was born April 15, 1892, to Byard Sampson and Mary Elizabeth (Shank) Witmer on a farm in Sarcoxie, Missouri. She came to the state of Washington at the age of 18 where she married Emry Vance on May 4, 1912, in Spokane. They lived in Hartline for a short time before moving to Leahy on a homestead, where they developed a wheat and cattle ranch. The Vances moved to Mansfield in 1963.
Survivors include two sons, Wesley, Mansfield, and Clinton, Grand Coulee; two daughters; Lois McGrath, Mansfield, and Evelyn Crowder, Okanogan; eight grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her husband in 1984, two infant sons and a grandson.
A funeral service was conducted at 2:00 pm, Friday afternoon, March 20, in the Mansfield United Protestant Church, Reverend Dr. Kenneth Briggs officiated. If desired, memorials may be made to the Mansfield Ambulance Fund. Concluding services and the burial in the Mansfield Cemetery. Arrangements by the Waterville Funeral Home.
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