CALIFORNIA NANCE OBITS
RALPH RICHARD NANCE - Ralph Richard Nance passed away Wednesday, April 28, 1999, in Ventura from a lengthy illness. His valiant heart stopped beating with his family by his side. He was 81 years . Ralph was born in HOBART, OK, on July 10, 1917. The loves of his life were his family and airplanes. In 1940 Ralph obtained his pilot license and in 1941 came to california and worked at Consolidated Aircraft in San Diego, helping to build bombers during the beginning of World War II. He enlisted in the U. S. Army Air Corps in 1942 and was trained to pilot the B-17 and B-25 bombers and flew missions until the end of the war. In 1948, he married Jane Staley, whom he met in DENVER CO., while in the service. He was then stationed in Texas and California for the duration of his 22-year service career. He retired from the Air Force with the rank of major in 1964. He moved to Ventura in 1967 and entered into Civil Service, working 15 years for NCEL in Port Hueneme and retired again in 1982. Ralph is survived by his wife of 51 years, Jane Nance, daughter, Linda and her husband, James Rhine.and Daughter; Cynthia Nance; daughter Gayle and her husband, Raymond Hino; and grandchildren, Cody and Christy Rhine. He was precened in death by his mother and father, ADA B. and Fred Edward Nance; and brothers J. Gilmore Nance and Fred Edward Jance Jr. Ralph loved his family and will be greatly missed by them. He loved humor and delighted his friends and family with his wit. He always maintained his interest in aviation, especially antique planes. Private family services were held in Ventura, Ralph will be interred at the Hobart Rose cemetery in Oklahoma. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Livingston Memorial Hospice Associateon, 1996 Eastman Ave., Suite 101, Ventura, CA. 93003
Porterville CA obituaries 1890 to 1996
JAMES WALTER NANCE JR. 28 1954 MAR 4,15,16
LIZZIE LEOTA NANCE (MRS) 80 1965 OCT 28,30
JAMES C NANCE 83 1943 JUL 24
EDWARD L NANCE 84 1965 MAY 10,11
J WALTER NANCE 83 1969 MAR 31, APR 1
Oscal Lowell NANCE, Birth place: Lived Camarillo, CA Age: 79 y 2 mo Death Date: Dec. 2003 Buried: Camarillo, CA TOS 1/1/2004
From the Modesto Bee 3/11/1969 page B2 Estella Nance
OAKDALE - Services will be conducted tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the First Christian Church for Estella M. Nance, 74, who died Sunday in the local hospital
Burial will be in Oaklawn Memorial Park, with Oakdale Memorial Chapel in charge.
A native of Missouri, Mrs. nance had lived in Oakdale since 1937 and had been a member of the First Christian Church.
She leaves two daughters, Mearle Breshears and Genevieve Brooks, both of Oakdale; four brothers , Homer of Oakdale, Guy of Florida, Mearl of Arizona and Floy Young of Santa Paula; a sister, Nellie Porterfield of Oregon; four grandchildren; and nin great- grandchildren. From the Modesto Bee 4/1/1989 page B2 Francis L. Nance
FRANCIS L. NANCE, 53, of Newman, died Friday
SERVICES: Mass 9 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joachims Catholic Church in Newman. Visitation 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at Hillview Funeral Chapel in Newman.
BACKGROUND: Native of Missouri. Lived in Newman three years. Retired Air Force colonel. Member of Loyal Order of Moose, Newman; Air Force Association and R&A Club in Colorado Springs
SURVIVORS: Wife, Marie Nance of Newman, Three sons, Charles nance of Sacramento, Donald Nance of Portola and William Nance of Atlanta. Stepfather K. C. Goodwin of Iowa. One brother. One sister. Four grandchildren. From the Modesto Bee 10/15/1972 page C14 Maude Stella Nance
Services for Maude Stella Nance, 72, Modesto, will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow in Franklin & Downs Funeral Home, 12th and G Streets, with burial in lakewood Memorial Park.
Mrs. Nance died Frida in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. A housewife, she had lived in the areas for 15 years and was a member of Lighthouse Pentecostal Church. She was a native of Oklahoma.
Survivors inclede her children, A. J. Redmond, Juanita Steely, Leona Richardson, Nora Williams and Betty Jo Thompson of Medesto, Mack Redmond of Arkansas, J. C. Redmond of Sunnyvale, Bonnie Jones of Cottonwood and J. D. Redmond of Lorene Pelfrey of Yuba City, 35 grand children and 29 great-grandchildren. Thanks to Carolyn for the obits in the Modesto Bee
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