- Date Of Birth: December 24, 1936
- Date Of Death: January 27, 2018
- State: Indiana
R. Vance Tarrant, 81, of Vincennes passed away Saturday, January 27, 2018, at the Gentle Care Nursing Center with his family at his bedside. Vance was born December 24, 1936, in Bartlesville, OK the son of Roland “Mickey” and Velma F. Kimbal Tarrant.
He was a graduate of Lincoln High School, Lincoln, NE, and Southern Illinois University have received a bachelor’s degree in business. He and his father were founders of Tarrant Oil and were oil jobbers in the Vincennes area. He held memberships in the Elks, American Quarter Horse Assn, and the Indiana Oil Marketers. He married Beverly Poth on July 1, 1960, and they made their life together for over 57 years. Vance served his country in the U. S. Army Reserves.
Vance is survived by his wife, Beverly Tarrant, and their children, Teri Smith, and her husband Brent of Terre Haute, IN, Steven Vance Tarrant, and his wife Robyn of Sarasota, FL, and Sue Ellen Kaven, and her husband Bill of Lake Villa, IL. He is also survived by his grandchildren, Tara Michelle Dunnick, Brie Joyce, Zach Vickery, Kyle Joyce, Wyatt Tarrant, Morgan Tarrant, Kara Vickery, Kait Vickery, and his great-grandchildren, Aly Payne, Harper Lang, Skeet Dunnick, Olivia Lang, and a sister, Shelia Pizzaro of Littleton, CO.
Vance was preceded in death by his parents.
