Anna "Nancy" Terhune

1920 - 2013

Anna "Nancy" E. (Heim) Terhune, 93, of Manchester, passed peacefully into the arms of her Lord on Friday, November 22, 2013. Anna was the beloved wife of the late Francis "Terry" X. Terhune. Anna was born in Hartford, CT on March 16, 1920 and grew up in Wethersfield. In 1934 Anna was in the first graduating class of St. Augustine School, Hartford. She graduated in 1938 from Wethersfield High School. Anna married Francis Terhune on June 11, 1946; he predeceased her on October 15,1989. They resided in Manchester, and Anna devoted her life to her two girls, Pat and Mary. Anna loved to fill the station wagon with her daughters and neighborhood kids to head to their softball games, the beach, or Andover Lake where Anna had spent many summers at her family cottage. She was a member of the Assumption Church Ladies Guild. Anna worked at the lockbox department of Connecticut Bank & Trust. Her quick smile and sweet disposition made her deep, lasting friendships wherever she was. In 1999 she moved to an apartment at Orford Village Commons and shared years of love and laughter with that community and many special friends. She was predeceased by her brother Joseph Heim of Westbrook and her sister Madeline Plante and brother-in-law Gerald Plante of Windsor. She is survived by her daughters, Patricia Terhune of Manchester and Mary Terhune of Bolton and her husband Christopher Foley, her sister-in-law Rose Heim of Westbrook and her beloved niece and nephews. A wake will be held at John F. Tierney Funeral Home, 219 West Center St, Manchester on Tuesday, November 26, 2013 from 3:30pm-7:30pm. Friends can also meet at 9:15am on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Tierney Funeral Home before proceeding to a 10am mass at Assumption Church, So. Adams St, Manchester. In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to the Orford Village Activity Fund, 370 West Center St, Manchester, CT 06040.