Joyce E. Vance

April 2, 2024 at 7:06 p.m.


AKRON – Joyce E. Vance, 78, Akron, died at 3:30 a.m. Monday, April 1, 2024, at Peabody Retirement Community of North Manchester.
Joyce was born May 27, 1945, in Jefferson, Ky., to Edgar and Eva Adams Smith. She was married April 1970 to Teddy Ray Vance; he died May 4, 1987.
The funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, April 5 at the Gospel Hill Pentecostal Church of God, Silver Lake, with Pastor Bobby Board and Pastor Justin Harshman officiating. The interment will take place following the service in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester. Visitation hours will be 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 4 at Gospel Hill Pentecostal Church of God, Silver Lake.
The arrangements have been entrusted to Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Memorial contributions can be made in her memory to the Gospel Hill PCG.
Share a memory or send an online condolence at www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com.


AKRON – Joyce E. Vance, 78, Akron, died at 3:30 a.m. Monday, April 1, 2024, at Peabody Retirement Community of North Manchester.
Joyce was born May 27, 1945, in Jefferson, Ky., to Edgar and Eva Adams Smith. She was married April 1970 to Teddy Ray Vance; he died May 4, 1987.
The funeral service will take place at 10 a.m. Friday, April 5 at the Gospel Hill Pentecostal Church of God, Silver Lake, with Pastor Bobby Board and Pastor Justin Harshman officiating. The interment will take place following the service in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Rochester. Visitation hours will be 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday, April 4 at Gospel Hill Pentecostal Church of God, Silver Lake.
The arrangements have been entrusted to Hartzler Funeral Home, Akron.
Memorial contributions can be made in her memory to the Gospel Hill PCG.
Share a memory or send an online condolence at www.hartzlerfuneralservices.com.


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