The parents of Patricia LANCE are Paul and Lilliam HAYSE of Ina, Illinois ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lance" <llance516@gmail.com> To: <ilfrankl@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 9:00 AM Subject: Re: [ILFRANKL] LANCE DEATH (Full Obituary) > Francis Junior "J.R." Lance > > Francis Junior "J.R." Lance age 86, of Waltonville passed away 11:30 a.m. > Saturday, April 23, 2011 at the Mt. Vernon Health Care Center in Mt. > Vernon, > Illinois. > J.R. was born December 12, 1924 in Sesser, IL a son of Ila Francis and > Mary > (Campbell) Lance. He married Patricia Anne (Hayse) on December 23, 1950 in > Ina, Illinois and she survives in Waltonville > Mr. Lance retired from Orient #3 Coal Mine in Waltonville. He was a proud > member of the UMWA. He served his country in the Army Air Force during > WWII. > He was a member of Waltonville Amvets Post 148, VFW post 9153. J.R was a > 55 > year member of the Sesser Goode Masonic Lodge #744 and was a 32nd degree > Mason. He was also a member of the Ainad Shrine in East Saint Louis and > the > Jefferson County Shrine Club. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather > and great grandfather. > He is survived by his two daughters, Gwen Sawyers of Waltonville and Vicki > and husband Jack Kerry of Dubois, Illinois; two grandsons, Shane M. > Sawyers > and wife Lexi of Woodlawn and Lance D. McGovern of Mt. Vernon, IL; two > great > granddaughters, Shayna M. Sawyers of Mt. Vernon and Ashlin Brooke McGovern > of Ridgeway; and also two sisters-in-law, Mary Lance of Waltonville and > Imogene Lance of Orion, Illinois. > He was preceded in death by his parents, his two brothers Coy and Troy > Lance. > Graveside Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 27, > 2011 > at Knob Prairie Cemetery in Waltonville, IL with Pastor Tim "Boomer" > Reynolds officiating. Military Honors will be provided by American Legion > Post 141 in Mt. Vernon. Visitation will be held on Tuesday from 5-8 p.m. > at > Newell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon, IL with a Shriners walk through at > 7p.m.. > For those who wish in lieu of flowers memorials may be given to the Knob > Prairie Cemetery or the Waltonville Community Church and will be accepted > at > the funeral home or may be mailed to the funeral home at 2707 North Street > Mt. Vernon, Illinois 62864. > > For more information you may call Newell Funeral Home at 246-0100 > > from funeral home website > 4/24/2011 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ilfrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:ilfrankl-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of BLS > Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 4:28 PM > To: ilfrankl@rootsweb.com; iljeffer@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ILFRANKL] LANCE DEATH > > Francis Junior "J.R." Lance age 86, of Waltonville passed away 11:30 > a.m. > Saturday, April 23, 2011 at the Mt. Vernon Health Care Center in Mt. > Vernon, > Illinois. > > > > Funeral arrangements are pending at Newell Funeral Home in Mount Vernon > where you may call 618-246-0100 for further information > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ILFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >