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- He was born Feb. 15, 1931, in Wichita, Kan., the son of Howard Verle Vance and Gretta Mae McCoy Vance. Mac was raised in Garden City, Kan., and graduated from Garden City High School in 1949, Garden City Junior College in 1951 and Utah State University in 1953. Mac met Jean Jackson while she was in Kansas visiting her sister, and they were married June 8, 1952, in Belfry, Mont. Their marriage was solemnized in the Idaho Falls LDS Temple on July 17, 1955. Together Mac and Jean raised six children while living in several states as Mac worked for the USDA as a hydrologist and soil scientist. He was an accomplished photographer and loved spending time outdoors, camping and fishing, quality he passed on to his children.
Mac is survived by his sweetheart of 61 years, Jean Vance of Jerome; their children, H. Clay (Cindy) Vance of Eugene, Ore., Doug (Carolyn) Vance, Shanna Clark and Kristine (Craig) Atkinson, all of Meridian, and Rob Vance and Ed Vance, both of Jerome; 18 grandchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and many extended family members and friends. He is preceded in death by his parents; an infant daughter, Vicki; and his son-in-law, Kent Clark.
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1931 - 2013 (82 years)