" Arial"of ?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /st1:place w:st="on"st1:City w:st="on"Waterford/st1:City/st1:place; died December 8, 2011 of brain cancer. Arial; "She was 97. Arial; "She was born October 29, 1914 in Deford, st1:place w:st="on"st1:State w:st="on"Michigan/st1:State/st1:place to Neil and Lucy Vance. Arial; "Eleanor was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Koren; dear mother of Mary Jo Ahern (Owen); devoted grandmother to Heather Holly Kapanka (James) and Shannon Colleen Armijo (Daniel); Arial; "loving great grandmother to Joseph and Benjamin Kapanka and Norah Armijo; Arial; "dear sister of Lucille Krause, Viola LaBarge, Arial; "Lucy Vandagriff (Bill), Arial; "Lewis Vance and the late Robert Vance, William Vance, Verna Sowden, Nelson Vance, Odessa Vance and Violet Vance and dear sister-in-law of Anna Clever. Arial; "She also had Arial; "many nieces and nephews. Arial; "?xml:namespace prefix = o " Arial"o:p/o:p/ "st1:place w:st="on" Arial"Elea//st1:place Arial"nor always put family first. Arial; "She loved to play cards, crochet, travel, paint and be with friends and family at every opportunity. Arial; "She was a published author. She will be greatly missed.o:p/o:p/ " Arial"o:p/o:p/ " Arial Arial; COLOR: black; Arial" Arial; //