Howe, Texas -- Services for Othella Yonce, 89, of Howe will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2013 at Scoggins Funeral Home Chapel in Van Alstyne.  The family will receive friends Wednesday from Noon to 1:00 pm. At Scoggins Funeral Home.  Burial will follow in the Mulberry Cemetery. 

Ms. Yonce passed away Friday, June 14, 2013 at Meadowbrook Care Center in Van Alstyne. She was born September 6, 1923 in Ravenna, Texas to John and Alta Cain Rich. She married Willie Earl Yonce in San Marcos, Texas. Othella graduated from Howe High School in 1941. She worked on the Army Base in San Marcos, Texas during World War II.

After the war, she and her husband, Yonce, moved back to Howe where she worked for A.M. Ferguson of Howe, Foremost Dairies and Robert Sanford and Taylor in Sherman, and the Howe State Bank. She and Yonce owned and ran a grocery store in Howe for many years. Yonce, Othella and their son, Gary, were members of the Howe Methodist Church where Othella continued to attend services until her health declined.

She is survived by her son and his wife Gary and Linda Yonce. Two grandchildren, Ellen and Daniel Yonce and a great-grandson, Micheal Younce. Sisters, Effie Rich and Judy Webb. She was preceded in death by her husband, sisters, Merle Wisely and Mamie Gee. Brothers, Leonard, Earl and Clifford Rich.

Services are under the direction of Scoggins Funeral Home, 637 W.  Van Alstyne Parkway, Van Alstyne. 903-482-5225. You may sign the online guest book at www.scogginsfuneralhome.com