Wolfe County News - June 30, 1972 MORTON PENCE PASSES IN ILL. Merdieth Morton Pence, 82, a native of Wolfe County, died June 26 in Benton, Ill, where he had lived for the past five years. He is survived by six daughters, Mrs. Carrie Fisher, Leesbrug, Ind.; Mrs. Lucy Hambin, Altlers, Okla., Mrs. Marianne Hummel, Ojai, Calif.; Mrs. Daisy Saddler, Thompsonville, Ill.; and Mrs. Mable Zawislak, McHenry, Ill.; four sons, Clarence Pence, Germantown, O., Claude Pence, Thompsonville, Ill.; Clifford Pence, Harvey, Ill.; Clyde Pence, Hazard, Ky.; one brother, Porter Pence, Loyall, Ky.; four sisters, Mrs. Cord Drake, Jackson, Ky.; Mrs. Bennie Griffith, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. Effie Pence and Mrs. Kittsy Dremin, Jackson, Ky.; 27 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Shackelford Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in the Cundiff Cemetery in Morgan County. Carole