McDonough ILGenWeb

1972
Who: Mrs. Grace V. McCance, 81, of 642 Miller St. Died: Friday, February 25, at 5:40 p.m. at the Americana Nursing Center in Macomb. Funeral: held Monday at 2 p.m. at the Baptist Church; Rev. E. K. Stratton officiated. Burial: Bushnell Cemetery. Born: June 7, 1890 in Scottsville. Parents: John and Elizabeth Butler Scott. Married: Feb. 1910, Bushnell, to Claude McCance; he died in April 1847. Survived by: 13 children, Mrs. Doris Hensely of Chicago, Mrs. Josephine Sorrells, Mrs. Helen Suter, Mrs. Inez Ruark, Mrs. Nola Avery, Mrs. Theda Trout, Mrs. Peggy Williamson, Claude McCance, Kenneth McCance, Glen McCance, Wendell McCance, Gene McCance and Gaylor McCance, all of Bushnell; 47 grandchildren; 58 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren. Preceded in death by: a brother, three half sisters and a half brother. History: she had lived in the Bushnell area all of her life and for the past 37 yeas has resided in Bushnell; member of the Baptist Church and Willing Helpers Sunday School Class.

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