Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury, the Rev. Kevin Comfort officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with a Rebekah service at 8 p.m. conducted by the Charity Home Rebekah Lodge 112 of Fairbury.
Mrs. Nance was born Jan. 29, 1904, in Fairbury, the daughter of Miniard and Magdalene Kohler Flury. She married Thomas S. Nance Nov. 15, 1920, at Watseka. He died April 6, 1967.
Survivors include five sons, Thomas L., Mountain Home, Ark.; John W., Forrest; Donald D., San Diego, Calif.; Richard K., Chenoa; and James L., Joliet; eight daughters, Charlotte Hartman, Racine, Wis.; Shirley Dickenson, Onarga; Betty Faw, Fairbury; Barbara White, Mahomet; Linda Sparks, Grand Junction, Colo.; Judith Hildreth, Bloomington; Madge Bayston, New Braunfels, Texas; and Margie Hedrick, Fairbury; 43 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, three sisters, one son, three daughters and one grandson.
She was a former housekeeping supervisor at Fairbury Hospital, where she worked for 15 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fairbury and the Charity Home Rebekah Lodge 112 of Fairbury. She was also a member of the Fairbury American Legion World War I Auxiliary.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Fairbury or the Meadows Mennonite Home.
Her funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Duffy-Pils Memorial Home, Fairbury, the Rev. Kevin Comfort officiating. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Fairbury.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, with a Rebekah service at 8 p.m. conducted by the Charity Home Rebekah Lodge 112 of Fairbury.
Mrs. Nance was born Jan. 29, 1904, in Fairbury, the daughter of Miniard and Magdalene Kohler Flury. She married Thomas S. Nance Nov. 15, 1920, at Watseka. He died April 6, 1967.
Survivors include five sons, Thomas L., Mountain Home, Ark.; John W., Forrest; Donald D., San Diego, Calif.; Richard K., Chenoa; and James L., Joliet; eight daughters, Charlotte Hartman, Racine, Wis.; Shirley Dickenson, Onarga; Betty Faw, Fairbury; Barbara White, Mahomet; Linda Sparks, Grand Junction, Colo.; Judith Hildreth, Bloomington; Madge Bayston, New Braunfels, Texas; and Margie Hedrick, Fairbury; 43 grandchildren; 54 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, three sisters, one son, three daughters and one grandson.
She was a former housekeeping supervisor at Fairbury Hospital, where she worked for 15 years. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Fairbury and the Charity Home Rebekah Lodge 112 of Fairbury. She was also a member of the Fairbury American Legion World War I Auxiliary.
Memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Fairbury or the Meadows Mennonite Home.
Family Members
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Thomas Leon Nance
1921–1995
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Mary Elizabeth Nance Griffin
1923–1987
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Charlotte Louise Nance Hartman
1925–2014
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Francis Leroy "Georgie" Nance
1926–1929
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Helen Mardell Nance Albee
1928–1987
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John William Nance
1929–2023
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Shirley A. Nance Dickenson
1931–2014
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Donald Dean Nance
1932–2023
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Richard K. Nance
1933–2022
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Betty Jane Nance Faw
1935–2013
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Judith Nance Hildreth
1939–2003
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Margie Sue Nance Hedrick
1942–2020
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James Leonard Nance
1944–2014
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Rosella Josephine Nance
1946–1946
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