Beatrice Pauline "Bea" Pence

Beatrice Pauline Bea Pence, 82 of Lomax, Illinois died at 9:05 p.m. Thursday November 29, 2012 in the Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab Center in Stronghurst. She was born May 22, 1930, in Monmouth, Illinois, the daughter of Harold and Inez Neidy Roloff. On January 19, 1947, she married George Blackman in Monmouth. They later divorced. On September 28, 1968, she married Milford Pence in Monmouth.

Bea was a homemaker and had lived in Lomax since 1969. She had sold Tupperware from her home and loved gardening, and family gatherings. She avidly kept track of all family birthdays and never missed sending cards.

Survivors include her husband, Milford, three daughters- Shirley Jo Blackman and Carla Babcock, both of Monmouth, IL., Vickie Hardin of Bell Flower, CA., five sons- Charles Rick Blackman of Monmouth, IL., Chad Pence, Jimmy Pence and Timmy Pence, all of Lomax, IL., Johnny Pence of LaHarpe, IL., one goddaughter- Susie Oaks of Morton, IL., eighteen grandchildren, thirty two great grandchildren, four sisters- Patricia Crow of Paradise, CA., Janet Woodward of Bermuda Dune, CA., Cheryl Mohr of Whittlow Circle, AZ., Martha Simon of Fernley, NV., and one brother- Murray Schisler of Dalton, Georgia. She was preceded in death by two sons- Stevie Blackman and John Blackman, her mother and father, and her step father- Dale Schisler.

No immediate services or visitation are planned at this time. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Burial will be in Point Pleasant Cemetery near Raritan, IL. A memorial fund has been established for Oak Lane Nursing & Rehab in Stronghurst. Banks & Beals Funeral Home of Stronghurst is in charge of arrangements. Condolences may be left at www.banksandbeals.com