Obituary for Estelle Vance
Estelle Sanders Vance passed peacefully from this world into the next on Monday, March 22 at Bluebonnet Rehab in Ennis. She was 99 years of age.
Estelle was born November 19, 1921, in Gordonville, Texas the daughter of John and Martha (Shires) Sanders. She was born and raised on a farm during the Great Depression and felt called upon by her country to serve as a defense worker as a "Rosie the Riveter" during World War II at North American in Grand Prairie. She married Berton Lee Vance in 1949 and worked many years for the public at Sears and Walmart. She finally retired at the age of 92 years. Estelle was a member of the First Christian Church and belonged to the Rebekah Lodge.
She leaves behind her beloved family, son Thomas and his wife Shanda, granddaughters Shanna Reeves and Christina Jesttes, great granddaughters Kayleigh Truly and Shaelynn Reeves and Aletha Reeves, grandsons Michael Vance and Stephen Vance and great granddaughter Jennifer Vance, great grandson Josh Vance and nephew Hunter Reeves. She was preceded in death by her husband, Berton Vance, daughter Aletha Jesttes, sons Edward and David Vance as well as her sisters, Faye Gargus, Alpha Short, Hazel Milliken and Opal Crain and brothers Freeman Sanders and John Thomas Sanders, Jr. She Is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Visitation for family and friends will be 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Thursday, March 25, 2021
at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home in Ennis. Funeral services will be 2pm Friday, March 26, 2021 Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home in Ennis. Burial will be held at the Myrtle Cemetery in Ennis.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to Bluebonnet Rehab in Ennis.
Estelle was born November 19, 1921, in Gordonville, Texas the daughter of John and Martha (Shires) Sanders. She was born and raised on a farm during the Great Depression and felt called upon by her country to serve as a defense worker as a "Rosie the Riveter" during World War II at North American in Grand Prairie. She married Berton Lee Vance in 1949 and worked many years for the public at Sears and Walmart. She finally retired at the age of 92 years. Estelle was a member of the First Christian Church and belonged to the Rebekah Lodge.
She leaves behind her beloved family, son Thomas and his wife Shanda, granddaughters Shanna Reeves and Christina Jesttes, great granddaughters Kayleigh Truly and Shaelynn Reeves and Aletha Reeves, grandsons Michael Vance and Stephen Vance and great granddaughter Jennifer Vance, great grandson Josh Vance and nephew Hunter Reeves. She was preceded in death by her husband, Berton Vance, daughter Aletha Jesttes, sons Edward and David Vance as well as her sisters, Faye Gargus, Alpha Short, Hazel Milliken and Opal Crain and brothers Freeman Sanders and John Thomas Sanders, Jr. She Is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Visitation for family and friends will be 5:00pm to 7:00pm on Thursday, March 25, 2021
at Boze-Mitchell-McKibbin Funeral Home in Ennis. Funeral services will be 2pm Friday, March 26, 2021 Boze-Mitchell Funeral Home in Ennis. Burial will be held at the Myrtle Cemetery in Ennis.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in her name to Bluebonnet Rehab in Ennis.