Denning, Dora M.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: DENN.D001
• _FGRAVE: 53475764

Family/Spouse: Hance, Charles J. 'Charley'. Charles was born in 1873 in Illinois; died in 1964; was buried in Noble Prairie Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HANC.L001
• _FGRAVE: 25197216
• Funeral: 26 May 1990, Hosselton-Bookout-Engelmeier Funeral Home, Noble, Richland County, Illinois

Notes:

Leslie Hance, 85, Noble, IL, died May 23, 1990 at Burgin Manor in Olney.

Mr. Hance was born in Noble March 30, 1905, the son of charles and Dora Denning Hance. He married Maude Galloway May 18, 1929. She died in 1985.

He was a retired custodian for the West Richland School District. He was a member of the Noble Methodist Church and was a 50 year plus member of the Noble Masonic Lodge.

Surviving are three sisters, Evelyn Delonshaw, Georgia Leefers, and Wanda Fessler.

He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, and three brothers.

Funeral services were held at the Noble Chapel of Hosselton, Bookhout and Engelmeier Funeral Home in Noble.

Burial was in North Freedom Cemetery in rural Noble.

Leslie married GALLOWAY, Maude G. on 18 May 1929. Maude (daughter of GALLOWAY, Claude Alvis and MURRAY, Rena 'Rennie') was born on 9 Aug 1907; died on 13 Feb 1985; was buried in North Freedom Cemetery, Noble, Richland County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: House and Sign Painter, Paper Hanger, Painter
• Reference Number: HANC.H001
• _FGRAVE: 18185868
• Funeral: 12 Jan 1973, Cardascio-Easley Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Harry J. Hance, 62, of Clay City died January 9, 1973 at Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.

He was born in Strawberry Point, Iowa; married Norma Genelle Abbott; leaves wife; sons, James and Roger; daughters, Mrs. Norma Franklin, Mrs. Barbara Tolliver; sisters, Mrs. Wanda Fessler, Mrs. Stella Smith, Mrs. Evelyn Delonshaw, Mrs. Ruth Hawley, and Mrs. Georgia Askren; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

One daughter preceded him in death.

Services were held at Cardascio-Easley Funeral Home in Clay City with burial in the Clay City Cemetery.

Birth:
The 1940 census says he was born in Illinois

Family/Spouse: Abbott, Norma Genelle. Norma (daughter of Abbott, George A. and Luke, Maude May) was born on 27 Feb 1913 in Noble, Richland County, Illinois; died on 22 Sep 2002 in Burgin Manor Nursing Home, Olney, Richland County, Illinois; was buried on 25 Sep 2002 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Shoe Factory Laborer
• Reference Number: HANC.E001
• _FGRAVE: 36813395

Estella married SMITH, James H. 'Buck' on 16 Apr 1938. James (son of Smith, John Henry and Montoney, Effie Minerva) was born on 14 May 1911; died on 28 May 1979; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HANC.E002
• _FGRAVE: 36613830
• Funeral: 14 Sep 2000, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Family/Spouse: Delonshaw, Louis M.. Louis (son of Delonshaw, John Ezra and Beard, Mabel Clair) was born on 21 Feb 1914 in Iuka, Marion County, Illinois; died on 5 Jun 2001 in Clay City, Clay County, Illinois; was buried on 7 Jul 2001 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Filling Station Attendant
• Reference Number: HANC.P002
• _FGRAVE: 95126669
• Military Service: World War II, Private First Class, United States Army

Notes:

Paul W. Hance, 64, East Peoria, died at 6:08 a.m. Sunday, May 12, in Methodist Medical Center. Services were held May 14, in the Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church in East Peoria. Burial was in Hill Crest Memory
Gardens in Morton. Memorials can be made to the Pleasant Hill Mennonite Church.

Mr. Hance was born March 5, 1921, in Noble, the son of Charles J. and Dora Denning Hance. He married Beulah Scherer Dec. 20, 1947, in Olney and she survives. He worked at Caterpillar Tractor Co. for 30 years, retiring in 1978. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was a charter member of Martin Courtney VFW Post 4835 in Creve Coeur. He was a member of the UAW Local 974 and the Caterpillar Retirees Club.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Richard (Pauletta) Williams, Olney; Mrs. Charles (Brenda) Penney, Houston, Texas; Mrs. James (Cynthia) Deaton, Washington; and Mrs. Michael (Gail) Ball, East Peoria; a brother, Leslie Hance, Noble; four sisters, Mrs. Stella. Smith and Mrs. Louis (Evelyn) Delonshaw, both of Clay City; Mrs. Erlloyd (Georgia) Leefers, Argenta; and Mrs. Kim (Wanda) Fessler,
Noble; and nine grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by three brothers and three sisters.

Olney Dail Mail, May 21, 1985

Paul married Scherer, Beulah Fern 'MiMi' on 20 Dec 1947 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois. Beulah (daughter of Scherer, David I. and Thomas, Effie M.) was born on 5 Jun 1926 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; died on 27 Jan 2011 in Rosewood Care Center, East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois; was buried in Hillcrest Memory Gardens, Morton, Tazewell County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HANC.R003
• _FGRAVE: 58437321
• Funeral: Pulliam Funeral Home, Oblong, Crawford County, Illinois

Notes:

Ruth Hawley, 59, Oblong, died last Thursday in her home.

Services were held in the Pulliam Funeral Home in Oblong.

Mrs. Hawley was born Oct. 28, 1922 in Noble, the daughter of Charles and Dora (Denning) Hance. She married John Hawley in 1946 and he survives.

She was a member of Dogwood United Methodist Church in Oblong.

Other survivors include a son, Monty, Robinson; a daughter, Mrs. Howard (Carla) Griffith, Glenwood; two brothers, Leslie Hance, Noble; Paul Hance, Peoria; four sisters, Mrs. Ken (Wanda) Fessler, Noble;
Mrs. Mewis (Evelyn) Delonshaw, Clay City; Mrs. Harold (Stella) Smith, Clay City; and Mrs. Georgia Leifers, Argenta; three grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Taken from the Olney Daily Mail, Olney, IL April 15, 1982.

Family/Spouse: Hawley, J.M.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HANC.W001
• _FGRAVE: 228834878

Notes:

Wanda Fessler, 79, of Argenta, died at 5:50 p.m. Tuesday, August 1, 2006, at Hawthorne Inn in Clinton.

There is no visitation. Cremation rites were accorded. Calvert Funeral Home in Argenta is in chare of arrangements.

Mrs Fessler was born on April 25, 1927 in Noble, the daughter of Charles Hance and Dora Denning. She married Howard Fessler on October 27, 1953. He preceded her in death in 2000.

She is survived by one sister, Georgia Eloise Leefers, of Argenta.

The Olney (IL) Daily Mail, August 2006

Wanda married Fessler, H. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HANC.N001
• _FGRAVE: 177276398

Notes:

Norma Maxine Franklin, age 86 of Odessa, TX, passed away on March 12, 2017 in Odessa. Norma was born May 28, 1930 to Harry and Genelle Hance in Noble. Illinois. She went to school in Clay City, Illinois. She married Richard Earl Franklin on April 18, 1948 in Henderson, KT. She was an instructor in ceramics at Odessa College. She owned the Ceramic Shop for 42 years. Norma is preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Genelle Hance, her son Robert "Bobby" Franklin and her son in law Guy Hutson.

Funeral Services will be at 4:00 pm, Wednesday, March 15, 2017 at Sunset Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Dr. Jimmy Braswell officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens.

Norma married Franklin, R.E.D. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HANC.R002
• _FGRAVE: 18312362
• Funeral: 9 Jan 1973, Cardascio-Easley Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Family/Spouse: Miller, Robert Eugene 'Bob'. Robert (son of Miller, Raymond E. and Hoff, Pauline Francis) was born on 14 Nov 1926 in Bedford, Greene County, Indiana; died on 18 Nov 2015 in Parkview Haven Retirement Home, Francesville, Pulaski County, Indiana; was buried in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HANC.B001
• _FGRAVE: 18083403
• Funeral: 29 Sep 2004, Summers-Kistler Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

Barbara Jean Tolliver, 65, of Clay City, IL, died September 26, at Covenant Hospital in Champaign.

Mrs. Tolliver was born July 11, 1939, in Clay City, the daughter of Harry and Genelle Abbott Hance. She married James Richard Tolliver in Xenia July 25, 1959.

She was retired from Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney working in housekeeping and was a member of First Baptist Church in Clay City.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Cynthia Hedgepeth and Trisha Hutchison; two sons, Steven and James Tolliver; one sister, Norma Franklin; one brother, Roger Hance; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Preceding her in death were her parents, a sister, Ruth Miller; a brother, Jim Hance; and one great-granddaughter.

Funeral services were held at Summers-Kistler funeral Home with burial in Clay City Cemetery.

Memorials to Clay County Cancer Society.

(Published Hometown Journal)

Buried:
Plot: Lot 5 - 1 Add

Barbara married Tolliver, J.R. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: HANC.J001
• _FGRAVE: 18185882
• Military Service: Specialist Fifth Class, United States Army
• Funeral: 22 Nov 1989, Hosselton-Bookout-Engelmeier Funeral Home, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois

Notes:

James L. Hance, 48, of Clay City, died November 19,1989 at his home.

Mr. Hance was born October 11, 1941 in Clay City, the son of Harry and Genelle Hance. He married Monica Nickells July 5, 1961 in Olney and she survives.

He was a self-employed painter, a member of Clay City Baptist church and a member of the Clay City Odd Fellows Lodge.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, James Jr. and Shawn Hance; a brother, Roger Hance; two sisters, Barbara Tolliver and Norma Franklin; his mother and three grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his father and one sister.

Funeral services were held at Hosselton, Bookhout and Engelmeier Funeral Home in Clay City with burial in the Clay City Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Clay City Baptist Church building fund.

(Published Olney Daily Mail)

James married Nickells, Monica on 5 Jul 1961 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois. Monica (daughter of Nickells, Thomas Joseph and Wells, Dorris Arlene) was born on 9 Dec 1944 in Olney, Richland County, Illinois; died on 21 Mar 1994 in Good Samaritan Hospital, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana; was buried on 25 Mar 1994 in Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Burial: Clay City Cemetery, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois
• Reference Number: HANC.R001
• _FGRAVE: 218772507

Notes:

Roger Dale Hance, 70, of Clay City, died on Wednesday November 18, 2020 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana.

Roger was born on May 5, 1950 in Clay County, Illinois, the son of Harry James Hance and Norma Genelle (Abbott). He married Deborah (Shock) on June 9, 1968 in Clay City, and she survives.

Roger started Hance's Paint and Drywall over 36 years ago with his dad, and it has gone on for three generations, currently being managed by his sons.

He loved to coon hunt with his dogs and fish with his family and friends. Roger loved spending time with his family, and he will be missed by all those that knew him.

Roger is survived by his wife; Sons, Kelly (Amy) Hance and Kyle (Ronda) Hance; Grandchildren, Keenan (Lucy) Hance, Kaden Hance, Bryce Hance, Trenton Hance; Great Grandson, Everest Hance; several brother and sister in-laws, and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and four siblings.

Cremation Rites were accorded.

Died:
Roger Dale Hance, 70, of Clay City, died on Wednesday November 18, 2020 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Vincennes, Indiana.

Roger married Shock, D.D. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eddings. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

M. married MCCRORY, K. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hedgepeth, R.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Hutchison. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ?, M.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: ?, A.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

K. married Stanley, A. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]