ADA-Services for Joyce Lavern Lance, 81, Ada, are 10 a.m. Tuesday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Earl Hood will officiate. Burial will follow at Maxwell Cemetery.
Mrs. Lance died Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, at an Ada nursing home. She was born Jan. 3, 1931, near Stonewall to Elmer and Iva Morean Williamson Trimmer. She attended Stonewall Schools and had lived in the Ada area most of her life. She owned and operated several businesses including Lance Grocery at Oil Center and The Paint 'N Paper Place in Ada.
Survivors include her husband, Edward Lance, Ada; a son, Bobby Walls, Kingston; daughter-in-law, Brenda Lance, Tahlequah; grandchildren, Radonna Dalke, Greg Lance, Brett Walls and Tony Kaai, whom she reared; and nephews and cousins.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Radonna Walls; a son, Edward "Eddie" Lance Jr.; a grandson, Bobby Walls; and a brother, Glen Trimmer.
Bearers will be Greg Lance, Brett Walls, Bobby Walls and Tony Kaai.
Obituaries may be viewed and online condolences sent to criswellfh.com.
Criswell Funeral Home, Ada