WABASH — Alice T. Younce, 92, Wabash, died at 3:25 p.m. Jan. 20, 2017, at Autumn Ridge Rehabilitation Center, Wabash. She was born April 27, 1924, in Prestonsburg, Ky., to Ballard and Daisy Pitts Thompson. She married Walter Younce in Wabash on March 12, 1949; he died July 22, 1964. She worked at General Tire, Wabash, retiring in 1984. She enjoyed going to church, quilting, crocheting, sewing and sitting outside looking at the flowers and watching hummingbirds. She also enjoyed talking to people and listening to gospel music, and especially loved children. She is survived by two daughters, Jill (spouse Gene) Dyson and Lavone (spouse Dick) Smith, both of Wabash; seven grandchildren: Jason (spouse Jozanna) Corn, Wabash; Zechariah (spouse Kristyn) Smith, Noblesville; Jennifer Rickner and Tracey (spouse Jeff) Snyder, both of Wabash; Rachel (spouse Paul) McKnight, Greentown; Sarah (spouse Aaron) McClary, Markle; and Tyler (spouse Casey) Dyson, Wabash; 15 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson; three sisters: Elsie (spouse Edward) Shepherd, Urbana; Jeanette (spouse Burnis) Pitts, Louisville, Ky.; and Ora Reynolds, Pierceton; and two brothers, Leslie (spouse Janice) Thompson, Prestonsburg, and Ballard James Thompson, Wabash. She also was preceded by her parents; two brothers; four sisters; a grandson, Joshua Paul Smith; and a grandson-in-law, Mark Rickner. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Grandstaff-Hentgen Funeral Service, 1241 Manchester Ave., Wabash, with Aaron McClary officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Lawns Cemetery, Wabash. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. ***** Memorials to Heart to Heart Hospice, . The memorial guest book for Alice may be signed at www.grandstaff-hentgen.com.
