Frances Ballance

Frances Juanita Sublette Ballance, 98, of Decatur, departed this life on Friday, November 14, 2014 in the comfort of her home with family by her side. Funeral services will be held at 4:00pm on Friday, November 21, 2014 at the Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur, IL with visitation two hours before the service. Michael Karunas will be officiating. Burial will be at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Webster-Cantrell Hall, Millikin University, Central Christian Church - Decatur, or Rush Creek Cemetery Fund c/o Bobby Joe Goodwin, 513 St. Rte. 1070, Fulton, KY 42041. Juanita was born on August 19, 1916 in Clinton, KY, (Hickman County) the daughter of Harry Rupard Sublett, Sr., and Marylou Davis Sublett. She married Thomas Stephen Ballance, December 24, 1942 in Washington, MO (Franklin County). He preceded her in death on August 13, 2011. She attended Murray State University, Murray KY, and graduated from Millikin University in 1956. She taught first and second grade in the Mt. Zion school district, at Salem and McGaughey schools from 1956-1976. She was involved in multiple organizations including hereditary societies. She served as chapter regent, division three director, and committee chair on state level of the Stephen Decatur Chapter, NSDAR. She was the chapter president and also served as an officer on the national level of the Illinois Chapter of Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century. She was also a member of the Illinois Chapter National Huguenot Society and the DuPage Chapter of the National Society Daughters of American Colonists. She was a member of Central Christian Church, Disciples of Christ for 58 years. She leaves behind a daughter, Charlotte Ann Ballance and granddaughters, Katherine Cora Haussermann (Adam), and Victoria Anne Ochoa (Luis). She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Thomas, Lillian, Alex, Christopher, Cora, Andrew, Sophie & Henry; her sisters: Agnes Sublette, and Margaret Gambill, and son-in-law Michael Klimas, and as well as many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, daughter Elizabeth Jane Klimas, granddaughter Rebecca Elizabeth Klimas, brothers J. Henry Sublett, Ben D. Sublett, Harry R. Sublett, Jr., and sisters, Martha Sue Birk, and Mary R. Bellew. The family wishes to thank the care givers Diana Forden and Renee Mundy for the excellent care they gave our mother and grandmother. "
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