Dorothy Chance

Dorothy Chance

1925-2016

A Celebration of Life Service for Dorothy Mae Chance, 90, of Rowlett, was held Sept. 7, 2016, at the Eubank Funeral Home in Canton. 

A graveside service was held at Haven of Memories Memorial Park. 

Mrs. Chance passed away Sept. 3, 2016, in Rowlett.  She was born Dec. 24, 1925, in Dallas to Roy and Mary Lavenia Monnersmith Elkins. 

She was a Baptist by faith. 

She grew up in Dallas and lived there most of her life.  She and her husband of 50 years, Walter “Buddy” Chance, lived in the Phalba Community for 30 years before returning to the Dallas area in 1997. 

She enjoyed cleaning her home and took pride in a clean and tidy house. She enjoyed reading and going outside to watch birds and wildlife. She also enjoyed helping her daughter with her plants.

She is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Walter “Buddy” Chance; grandson, Richard Adams; two sisters, Evelyn Marie Humphrey and Lillian Shelton; brother, William Elkins; and her uncle, Frank Monnersmith. 

She is survived by her daughter and her husband, Dale and Thomas Row of Rowlett; granddaughter, Kim Langley of Mesquite; two great-grandchildren: Kevin Langley and Lyndsi Langley-Martin; and her husband, Wade; four great-great-grandchildren, Colby Clouse, Channing Martin, Charlee Martin and Karsyn Martin; and numerous nieces and nephews.