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1935
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2016
Nancy Patterson Obituary
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One of my favorite pictures with Mom
June 16, 2016
So many memories I will always keep close in my heart. Thanks for everything, Mom. I will miss you always!
Love,
Renee
Sheryl O'Connell
June 16, 2016
Nancy left the comforts of home and moved to Chicago in 1956 with her husband Shane O'Connell. While working as a waitress in the thriving artistic neighborhood of Old Town Chicago, she met lifelong friend and legendary jazz musician Jimmy Smith. Attending his concerts at the Plugged Nickel and other jazz clubs over the years with her daughters was among her happiest memories.
Nancy's love of music was a strong thread throughout her life. At Battle Creek Central High School, she played clarinet in the orchestra and sang in Glee club. In Chicago, she learned to play the guitar in the 1960s at the Old Town School of Folk Music and later took up dancing and performed in a dancing troop in Sun City, Arizona, for many years. Daughter Renee (Blue) inherited her mother's guitar in 1975 and went on to become a professional musician.
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