PENCE, Joan Louise^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

1940 - 2013  (72 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	PENCE, Joan Louise  [3, 5, 6]
  Birth	12 May 1940	Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio, United States of America   [3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Death	22 April 2013	Bluffton, Allen County, Ohio, United States of America   [3]
  Burial	Shauck, Morrow County, Ohio, United States of America   [3]
  Notes	BLUFFTON: JOAN L. BEMILLER, age 72, died at her home in Bluffton, Ohio on Monday, April 22, 2013. She had lived in Mansfield for over 47 years and recently moved to Bluffton. Joan was born in Urbana on Mother's Day, May 12, 1940 to the late Paul and Mildred Pence. Joan was a 1958 graduate of Urbana High School and graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in 1961. She married James Bemiller that same year and they moved to Mansfield in 1963. She worked at Winchester Nursing Home and Mansfield Memorial Homes as a charge nurse and as Assistant Director of Nursing. She later coordinated the Home Health Program at Memorial Homes. Joan was very active in the Prospect School Mother's Club and was a Girl Scout leader. She was a member of Copus Hill Model A Club and was involved in The Loss of Vision Support Group in Mansfield. She was a member of Waterford Church of Christ and recently attended St. John Mennonite Church near Bluffton. Joan was very proud of her children and grandchildren and faithfully attended their school and community activities. There was nothing she enjoyed more than being surrounded by her family and cherished the times that they could all be together. Joan is survived by her husband, Jim, at home, and three children, James (Missy) Bemiller of Knoxville, Tennessee, Jackie (Mark) Bourassa of Bluffton, and Julie (Steve) Grunewald of Freeport, Illinois. Her nine grandchildren are Kelsey Kane and Gracie Bemiller, Jonah, Eli and Elizabeth Bourassa and Haley, Cassidy, Nicholas and Bentley Grunewald. She has a sister, Carole (Bob) Garrett of Springfield and a brother Roger (Jessica) Pence of Kissimmee, Florida. There are several nieces, nephews and cousins surviving. Visitation will be held Wednesday, April 24, 2013 from 4-7 p.m. in St. John Mennonite Church, 15988 Road 4, Pandora, in the Fellowship Hall. A second visitation will be held Thursday, April 25, 2013 from 2-4 p.m. at Snyder Funeral Home, 2553 Lexington Avenue, Mansfield, where the funeral service will begin at 4 p.m. Ministers Ray and Don Lynn will officiate and burial will follow in Shauck Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Mennonite Home Health Services of Bluffton in care of the funeral home.
  Person ID	I422325109267	Ancestry dot com tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	PENCE, Robert Paul,   b. 13 July 1908, Ohio d. 15 September 1983, Champaign County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 75 years)
  Mother	HOWARD, Mildred L,   b. Abt 1916, Bellefontaine, Ohio d. 12 Oct 2008, Springfield (Age 92 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1938	Champaign, Ohio, USA   [4, 5]
  Family ID	F1972	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	BEMILLER, J.L.
  Children	1. BEMILLER, J.H. + 2. BEMILLER, J.L.   3. BEMILLER, J.L.
  Family ID	F5672	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

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