Submitted by: Dan Rich
John R. Vance
July 24, 1945 - Jan. 27, 2002
South Bend Tribune 1/30/2002
John R. Vance, 56, of Schumacher Drive,
Mishawaka, Ind., passed away after an illness at 8:25 a.m.
Sunday, Jan. 27, in Memorial Hospital, South Bend. John was born
in Mishawaka on July 24, 1945. He was employed at A.B.B.Flakt
Company of Niles, Mich., as purchasing agent for the past 35
years. On Aug. 12, 1965, in Niles, John married Sally Woodring,
who survives. He is also survived by one daughter, Tammy Davis
of Mishawaka; three sons, Richard Vance of New Haven, Ind., Jason
Vance of Fort Wayne, Ind., and Jeremy Vance of Indianapolis,
Ind.; seven grandchildren, Beth Ann, Jessica, Taylor, Jacob,
Miranda, Breanna and Korban; his mother, Clara Vance of
Mishawaka; one brother, Robert Vance of California; and by two
sisters, Barbara Bolin of South Bend, Ind., and Marilyn Paridaen
of Florida. John was preceded in death by his father, John D.
Vance; and by two sisters, Beverly Manly and Nancy Schroeder.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in the River Valley Community Church, 55855 Bittersweet Road, Mishawaka. Friends may call in the Bubb Funeral Chapel North, 3910 N. Main Street, Mishawaka, from 5 to 8 p.m. today. Burial will be at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Ind. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.