Dorothy "Dottie" Vance
, Kentucky
Dorothy "Dottie" Cropper Vance 83 of Inverness Florida passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday June 30 2026 surrounded by the love of her family. Born on April 11 1943 in Blue Creek Ohio Dottie was adopted by Mellie and Lowell B. Cropper and raised in Adams County Ohio. It was there that a blind date introduced her to Glennis "Levon" Vance the man who would become the love of her life. They were married on April 15 1961 and just one month later Dottie proudly graduated from Seaman High School. Finishing school after beginning married life was an early glimpse of the determination and resilience that would carry her through the years ahead. Dottie and Levon shared 53 years of marriage building a life rooted in love hard work and family until his passing on August 18 2014. She devoted many years to raising her family as a homemaker…