Submitted by: Dan Rich

James D. Vance, Sr.

June 28, 1926 - July 23, 1999

South Bend Tribune 7/25/1999

James D. Vance, Sr., 73 years old, residing on Oakland Street, South Bend, passed away on Friday, July 23, 1999, at 7:30 a.m. in the Fountainview Place Rehabilitation Center in Mishawaka of natural causes. Mr. Vance was born on June 28, 1926, in Rome City, Ind., to the late Maynard and Effie Jane (Campbell) Vance. He had resided in the South Bend area since 1951, coming from Kendallville, Ind.

On April 19, 1947, in Roanke, Ind., he married Dona Belle Cooley, who survives. Also surviving are three sons, James D. (Luann) Vance, Jr., of Mishawaka, Robert D. (Pam) Vance of Alpharetta, Ga., and Barry D. (Susan) Vance of Macon, Ga.; three grandchildren, Bradley, Jeffery and Sierra; and two sisters, Mary Jane (Dale) Rollins of Fort Wayne and Dolly Martin of South Bend. Mr. Vance was a veteran of World War II. He was a staff sergeant while serving in Europe. He was also employed at the Bendix Corporation for 35 years, retiring in May of 1983.

Funeral services for Mr. Vance will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, July 26, 1999, in the Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend. Rev. Ed Erskin, pastor of Northway Church of Christ, will officiate. Burial and graveside services will follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Osceola. Friends may call from 2-6 p.m. today, July 25, in the Palmer Funeral Home, South Bend.