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Nancy McEldowney Obituary
84 of Dayton, passed away Wednesday, November 2, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on January 13, 1938, in Dayton, OH, to the late Leroy and Sylvia Miller. Nancy started working at IBM in Dayton and later retired from Montgomery County Children Services. She was a dedicated member of the Montgomery County Chapter of Public Employee Retirees Incorporated (PERI). Nancy was a longtime and very active member of Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church including the Altar Rosary Society and St. Vincent DePaul. Nancy spent over 20 years serving many people through the Northeast Churches Food Pantry.
She is survived by her husband Ralph of 58 years; children Ralph (Karen Dassinger), Cheryl (Ben) Farnum, Kevin (Mako); grandchildren Kathryn (Nikita Lachapelle), Sarah and Laura Farnum, Abi McEldowney; sisters Sister Jean Miller and Mary Ann Hausfeld; sister-in-law Blanche (Dale) Kiefer; and numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
Nancy is preceded in death by her parents; brother Thomas Miller; and brother-in-law Eric Hausfeld.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 10 AM Tuesday, November 8, 2022, at Queen of Martyrs Catholic Church, 4134 Cedar Ridge Rd., Dayton, OH 45414. Burial immediately following at Calvary Cemetery. The family will receive friends 4-6:30 PM Monday, November 7, 2022, at Baker Hazel & Snider Funeral Home, 5555 Philadelphia Dr., Dayton, OH 45415. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Queen of Martyrs St. Vincent DePaul Chapter. Online memories and condolences may be left for the family at
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Bill Treon
July 1, 2023
Ralph:
Sorry for the lateness of this message, but I just read about Nancy's passing in the latest C-J Vision magazine. My sincere condolences to you and your family. I only met Nancy one time, when you, she, my wife, Anne-Marie, and I shared a table at a Chaminade reunion, I think maybe in 1999 (could easily be wrong on the year). You shared with me how you had been instrumental in bringing the Dayton Dragons baseball team to the city. Nancy was herself a delightful dinner companion, and I am glad to have known her. I knew her late brother, Tom, much better. He was a friend of my younger brother, Dick, and they played together on their eighth-grade Corpus Christi basketball team, which I coached. Keep your head up, old friend. You are remembered with fondness out here in the desert. -- Bill (William C.) Treon, Phoenix, AZ
Wayne and Janet Hieatt
November 5, 2022
We are so sorry to hear of Nancy´s passing. Please accept our condolences. May she rest In peace.
Myrna & Mike Mescher
November 5, 2022
In Memoriam
And when the stream
Which had overflowed the soul was passed away
A consciousness remained that it had left
Deposited upon the silent shore
Of memory, images precious thoughts
That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed.
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