PENCE, Gertrude Arvesta^{[1, 2, 3]}

1917 - 2007  (89 years)

 Set As Default Person

• Name	PENCE, Gertrude Arvesta  [1, 2]
  Birth	16 December 1917	Champaign County, Ohio, United States of America   [2]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 April 2007	Logan County, Ohio, United States of America   [2]
  Burial	Saint Paris, Champaign County, Ohio, United States of America   [2]
  Notes	Kiser, Gertrude Arvesta Pence - Urbana Daily Citizen, Tuesday, 10 April 2007 Gertrude Arvesta Pence Kiser, 89, died Monday April 9, 2007, at her West Liberty residence with her loving husband of 65 years at her side. Born Dec. 16, 1917 in Champaign County, Ohio, she was the daughter of Asa Philander Pence and grace Lillian Foltz. She was a 1935 graduate of Lawrenceville High School and a 1936 graduate of the Springfield Business College. Prior to her marriage to Wilbur Marvin Kiser, whom she marred on Oct 20, 1941 in Covington, Ky., she worked in home health care and several business offices in Urbana, Springfield and Cincinnati. She is survived by sons, John Kiser of West Liberty and Howard Kiser of Quincy; daughters, Imogene (Philip) VanVoorhis of Bellefontaine, Annette (Charles) VanVoorhis of Marion, Ruth (Jack) Frazer of Urbana, Phyllis Kiser of West Liberty, Ella (Daniel) Melendrez of London and Mary (Steven) Mortimer of Zanesfield; 10 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren; nieces, Betty Foster of Bonita Springs, Fla., and special friends, Jane Thompson of Palmyra of Maine and Ruth Bruiser of Cincinnati, Ohio. She was preceded in death by infant son, Phillip, sisters Delma Ostrowski and Hilda Grant. An avid reader, she enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren, flower and vegetable gardening, crocheting, quilting, playing her violin, researching family history, writing poetry and short stories and especially enjoyed writing and receiving letters from her many pen pals. She was a song leader and Sunday school teacher for 1966-1983. She received two Golden Poetry Awards and published a book of her poems. Services will be Thursday, April 12 at 11 a.m. at the Kauffman- Eichholtz Funeral Home in West Liberty where you may call form 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 on Wednesday, April 11. The Rev. David Miller will officiate and burial will be at the Spring Grove Cemetery in Champaign County. Memorial contributions may be made to the Universal Home Health Hospice at 701 S. Main St., Bellefontaine, Ohio 43311.
  Person ID	I422355934202	Ancestry dot com tree
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	PENCE, Asa Philander,   b. 22 March 1880, Champaign County, Ohio, United States of America d. 20 July 1971, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 91 years)
  Mother	FOLTZ, Grace,   b. 2 January 1886, Champaign County, Ohio, United States of America d. 23 September 1958, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F5503	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	KISER, Wilbur Marvin,   b. 24 September 1919, Logan County, Ohio, United States of America d. 1 December 2008, Logan County, Ohio, United States of America (Age 89 years)
  Children	+ 1. KISER, G.A.   2. KISER, J. + 3. KISER, I.G.   4. KISER, R.   5. KISER, H.   6. KISER, P.   7. KISER, E.
  Family ID	F5501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2025

  
  

• Sources

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