Nancy Brugger Fiuzat

FIUZAT, Nancy Brugger 1937-2017 Nancy Brugger Fiuzat, age 80, beloved wife, mother, and friend, passed away peacefully on Monday, the 2nd of January 2017. Nancy was born to Emil Edwin Brugger and Olga Christine Hagen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on the 12th of August 1936. She graduated from Lutheran High School and attended Marquette University, receiving a BS in Medical Technology in 1958. After graduating she moved to Chicago and worked as a Med Tech at McNeal Memorial Hospital where she met Dr. Javad Fiuzat, whom she married in 1961. The couple first moved to Temple, Texas where Javad continued his surgical residency at Scott and White General Hospital and then to Dallas in 1965 where he completed his residency and established his private practice as a thoracic and vascular surgeon. In addition to being Javad's office manager until his retirement from private practice, Nancy was also a US Customs Agent at DFW Airport from 1981 to 1985. While there she was credited for being the responsible inspector for the largest single drug bust in the airport's history at that time. While raising a family and afterwards, Nancy was active in many organizations including the Norwegian Society of Texas (founding member), the Swiss Club of Dallas, the North Dallas Investment Club, Calvary Lutheran Church, her beloved Lutheran High School Class of 1954 Reunion, the Citizen's Advisory Board to the U.S. Post Office, and the Dallas Grand Jury. Nancy shared a love of travel with family and friends and spent considerable time visiting Scandinavia, Europe, Ecuador, and Greece. During her many trips to Greece, she was proud to tell of her visits with the Monks of Alambaca. Her curiosity and sense for adventure enabled her to meet people with ease and she was eager to "learn their story." As a result Nancy truly never met a stranger and was a friend to all she came in contact with. Nancy is preceded in death by her parents, Edwin and Olga, and her husband of 43 years, Dr. Javad Fiuzat. She is survived by her sons, Allen Fiuzat and wife Michelle Coyne of Nashville, TN, Michael Fiuzat and wife Lindsay Fiuzat of Houston, TX, and their two sons, Austin and Henry Fiuzat. The family wishes to thank the many caregivers that provided and cared for Nancy during her final months. Friends are cordially invited to gather with the family and share remembrances of Nancy during a reception from four o'clock in the afternoon until six o'clock in the evening on Friday, the 24th of February, in the home of Ann and Rob Taylor in Dallas, TX. An inurnment will be held at a later date for Nancy and her husband in Milwaukee, WI next to her mother and father. In lieu of customary remembrances, the family requests memorial contributions to be directed to Smile Train, PO Box 96231, Washington, DC 20090 (www. smiletrain.org).