JOHN SAMUEL VANCEFORMERLY OF WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA PASSED AWAY OF NATURAL CAUSES AT FLORIDA HOSPITALWATERMAN, TAVARES, FLORIDA ON AUGUST 12,2014. JOHN WAS BORN ON MARCH 29, 1940. HE ATTENDED WEIR HIGH SCHOOL AND WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY. JOHN WAS EMPLOYED AT WEIRTON STEEL AND NATIONAL STEEL AND RETIRED FROM THE NORTH AMERICAN STEEL COMPANY IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.JOHN SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY RESERVES.HE WAS PRCEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS MILDRED AND SAMUEL VANCE OF WEIRTON, WEST VIRGINIA. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LONG TIME COMPANION BARBARA BURGE OF HOWEY IN THE HILLS, FLORIDA AND HIS SISTER SHEILA MILIC AND BROTHER-IN-LAW DR. MILORAD MILIC OF STEUBENVILLE, OHIO AND THEIR CHILDREN. A PRIVATE FUNERAL SERVICE WAS HELD IN FLORIDA. MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS CAN BE MADE TO THE HOLY RESURRECTION SERBIAN EASTERN ORTHODOX CHURCH, 528 NORTH FOURTH STREET, STEUBENVILLE, OHIO 43952