Elmer Nance

MOUND CITY, Ill. -- Elmer W. Nance, 83, of Mound City died Thursday, May 6, 2004, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Feb. 19, 1921, in Cairo, Ill., son of George and Radie Singleton Nance.

Nance was a retired auto mechanic and service station owner. He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Survivors include his wife, Maria; three daughters, Kimberly Nance of Mound City, Debra Kinzer of Coolidge, Ariz., Jesslyn Altizer of Taylor, Mich.; a son, George Nance of Jackson, Miss.; two sisters, Virginia Tombs and Helen Polk of Cairo; and several grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, two sons and a brother.

There is no visitation.

Funeral Mass will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at St. Mary's Church, with Monsignor Bill McGhee officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Barkett Funeral Home in Mound City is in charge of arrangements.