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Visitation:
9 a.m. until 11 a.m. Saturday, August 18, 2018 at
Prairieland Christian Church
Service:
11 a.m. Saturday at the church
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
Home
Obituary
Doris R. Dancy, 89, of Lincoln,
passed away August 11, 2018 at The Christian Nursing
Home.
Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m.
Saturday, August 18, 2018 at Prairieland Christian
Church, Hartsburg. Funeral services will follow at
11 a.m. also at the church with Joe Sanders
officiating. Burial will follow in Hartsburg Union
Cemetery. Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home has
been entrusted with her care.
Doris was born February 11, 1929 in Council Bluffs,
Iowa, the daughter of Orlo Sidney Lincoln and Bonnie
Flossie (Neal). She married Byron G. Clark May 25,
1946. He preceded her in death November 27, 1961. On
April 18, 1971, she married Joseph M. "Mac" Dancy.
Doris was a 1946 graduate of Missouri Valley High
School in Missouri Valley, Iowa. She was a musician
for most of her adult life. She taught music at
Lincoln Developmental Center for seven years, played
for revival meetings that she held with Lois and
Paul Benjamin, accompanied many soloists and choirs,
and played piano and organ for many church services.
Doris was a member of Prairieland Christian Church.
She was a strong Christian woman. Doris enjoyed
cooking and gardening. She enjoyed family history
and was fond of her Lincoln name and it's tie to
American history. She was a wonderful example of
faith and love to her family and all who knew her.
She will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered. |
Surviving are her husband Joseph M.
"Mac" Dancy, children: Byron N. Clark (Cynthia),
Timothy D. Clark (Pam), Reva R. McFadden (Kevin),
and Stanley J. Clark (Lisa); daughter in law Gail
Clark, former son in law Kelly Kraft; step daughters
Ruth A. Dancy Cord Todd and Joyce E. Dancy; 21
grandchildren; 34 great grandchildren; onr
great-great- grandson; siblings: Opal Gee, Helen
Osborne (Larry), and James Lincoln (Marilyn); sister
in law Pat Lincoln, sister in law Eileen Safford,
sister in law Louise Hall, former sisters in law
Sylvia Ann Feldman, Nellie Clark, and Hazel Clark,
former brother in law Joe Bull, and many nieces,
nephews, cousins, and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband
Byron G. Clark, son Norman D. Clark, daughter Rhonda
J. Clark Kraft, granddaughter Betsy E. Clark,
grandson Clint B. Clark, siblings: Florence
Olmstead, Ruth Andrews, Lois Benjamin, and Roy
Lincoln; brother in law Harold Olmstead, brother in
law Don Gee, brother in law Robert Andrews, brother
in law Paul Benjamin, sister in law Marian Stahl,
brother in law Charles "Bill" Dancy, and brother in
law LaVern Daniels.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made
to Prairieland Christian Church.
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