Frances I. Tanner

Frances I. Tanner, 76, of Richwood, died Tuesday afternoon, May 16,
2006, at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus.
A 1948 graduate of Magnetic Springs High School, she was retired as
owner/operator of the Villa/Hotel Restaurant in Richwood for many years.
She was a loving and caring mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and
great-great-grandmother. She enjoyed being around and taking care of
people and animals.
She was born Jan. 25, 1930, in Union County. She was predeceased by her
mother and father, Otho and Elsie Drollinger Dilsaver; step-father, Ezra
Green,; two husbands, Louis Tanner and Sidney Spurlock; three brothers,
Foster, Bill and Chester Dilsaver; and two sisters, Mabel Fields and Virginia Bush.
Surviving are three daughters, Beverly (Gordon) Brown and Becky (Ed)
Penix of Richwood, and Pam (Denny) Mathys of Raymond; three sons, Donald
Tanner of Bucyrus, Jim (Angela) Spurlock of Richwood, and Billy
(Beverly) Spurlock of Marysville; 19 grandchildren; 37
great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Calling hours will be Friday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. at Stofcheck
Funeral Home, Richwood, where funeral services will be held Saturday at
11 a.m. Burial will be in Price Cemetery. The Rev. Fred Cheney will officiate.
The deceased's grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Tanner family in care of the
funeral home at 201 S. Franklin St., Richwood, OH 43344.

Stofcheck-Ballinger Funeral Home