Irwin Jay R. Lance

Irwin R. "Jay" Lance, II, 88 of, Racine, the Antiquity community, passed away at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, November 13, 2015 in the St. Mary's Hospital, Huntington West Virginia. Born June 30, 1927 in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania he was the son of the late Irwin and Emma Mary Weber Lance, Sr. He was a retired grocery store owner and mail carrier and he also served his country in the United State Navy during World War II.   Jay was a member of First Baptist Church of Racine, the Pomeroy-Racine Lodge # 164 of Free and Accepted Masons of Ohio. He was also a member of the Tuppers Pains Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #9053, and a member of both the Racine  Post # 602, and the Pomeroy Drew Webster Post #39 of the American Legion.

Jay is survived by his wife, Mary Ireland Lance, whom he married on February 2, 1950 in Pittsburg, Penn., a son, Howard (Gidget) Lance, of Austin, TX., daughters, Mary Ann Sciullo, of Jacksonville, Flordia., and Emily Lance, of Carpenter, Penn., six grandchildren, Melissa Ferchete, Lacey Sciullo, Sam (Shayla) Sciullo, Chip (Kim) Sciullo, Melanie Lance, and Marissa Lance, seven great-grandchildren, Tiana, Ceria, and Jordan Ferchete, Nicholas, Dillon, Parker and Harper Sciullo, daughter-in-law, Patti Walick Lance, of Pomeroy.

In addition to his parents Jay is preceded in death by his daughter, Charlene Cook Lance, on August 27, 2011, and his son, Irwin R. "Jay: Lance, III, on September 5, 2011, a sister, Agnes Killmeyer.

Memorial services will be held at 4:00 p.m. with a Masonic funeral service starting at 3:45 p.m.  on Sunday, November 15, 2015 in the Cremeens Funeral Home, Racine. Pastor Randy Smith will officiate. Military Honors will be provided by the Racine Post #602 and the Pomeroy Drew Webster Post #39 of the American Legion. Interment will follow in the Letart Falls Cemetery at the convenience of the family. Expressions of sympathy may be sent to the family by visiting www.cremeensfuneralhoms.com 

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