William Robert Nance Iii

William Robert Nance III, born on March 29th, 1979, of Commercial Point, Ohio passed out of the loving arms of his beloved wife Gillian, and into the waiting arms of God on March 19th, 2022. Bill is survived by his wife and best friend of 17 years Gill(Mocas), and his five young children Marissa, Isaiah, Isaac, Ian and Mandie.

He is also survived by his parents Bill and Carol(Kaylor) Nance of Bellbrook and his sister and nephews Jennifer, Ethan and Seth Lindsey. He is also survived by his father-in-law James Mocas, in-laws Amanda(Mocas), RJ, Eva and Caleb Farris, Phil Mocas, David, Libby(Mocas), Abbey and Logan Siler, Brandon and Zoe DeAtley, John-Mark, Katie (Swallows) and Tristan Mocas, Svetlana Mocas and many more aunts, uncles and a gaggle of cousins. He is also remembered by his many dear friends. He is preceded in death by his grandparents, Walter Kaylor, Ruth and Joe Breeze, William Nance, Mary Lou Charles and by his mother-in-law Debi Mocas.

Bill was a loving husband, father, son and brother; and a dear friend to many. Bill dedicated his life to God and spent the past 25 years in youth ministry, teaching teens and kids all about the love of Christ. He served in churches across Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio. He also spent the last 10 years working at the MidOhio Foodbank ensuring that thousands of people had the necessary food that they needed to survive. He went on mission trips to foreign countries, wrote published youth ministry lesson plans and articles for books and magazines. He also participated and spoke at youth ministry conferences, and spoke at area churches across the state to discuss food insecurity and how best to serve the least of these. He was a talented writer, preacher and theologian. Bill was an avid soccer player and basketball fan, watching his kids play and his beloved Flyers play were some of his favorite pastimes. He had a passion for astrophotography and took some of the most beautiful photos of the majesty of God's night sky. He was a jokester and loved nothing better than a bad pun, a funny dad joke and/or harassing his friends on talk like a pirate day. Bill was a graduate of Bellbrook High School and Cincinnati Christian University and a long time member of Lighthouse Community Christian Church in Ashville, Ohio.

Bill will be greatly missed by his wife and five young children. They weren't ready to see him go and will desperately miss him, but are so glad that he is no longer suffering. They especially wanted to give their deepest thanks to all of the nurses and doctors at the OSU Medical Wexner Center's SICU for all of the dedicated care and support they gave Bill and them over the last seven weeks; especially to his nurse Chris who managed to allow his kids the chance to say goodbye to their dad in person on his last good day. They also wanted to thank all of their friends and family who have helped to support them over the last few months.

The family will receive visitors at Newcomer Southwest Chapel Funeral Home at 3393 Broadway, Grove City, Ohio 43123 on Friday March 25th. Viewing from 3-5, with a service from 5-6. A reception will follow the service at Lighthouse Community Christian Church at 11659 OH-104, Ashville, Ohio 43103 from. All are welcome to attend. His dear cousin and friend Pastor Doug McCoy will be officiating.