Nancy Ferris Blemle

BLEMLE, Nancy Ferris
Nancy Ferris Blemle, age 64, passed away peacefully, early Friday morning, May 22, 2009 at the Golden Living Center, in Tunkhannock, PA, after a long battle with cancer. While in ill health, Nancy has been residing with her daughter, Alicia Ivey, in her home in Tunkhannock, she was formally of the Wyalusing area. Nancy was born in Elmira, NY on March 13, 1945, the daughter of the late Olaf Fred Ferris and Catherine Woodruff White. Growing up in Elmira, NY, Nancy attended the Southside High School, in Elmira, and also the Delkader Beauty School, in Elmira. For many years, Nancy owned her own beauty shop in Wyalusing and in New Era. For over 20 years, she was a secretary and bookkeeper at the Centre Video, in Towanda, PA. For 10 years, Nancy worked as a Lab Technician for Staff Management in the Procter and Gamble Paper Products plant in Mehoopany, PA. During many of those years, Nancy enjoyed being a Home Interiors Demonstrator. Nancy's greatest joy in life was being a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends. In her spare time, she loved solving puzzles, working on crafts, reading and gardening. Besides her parents, Nancy was preceded in death by two sisters, Tina White, in July 1969, and Elaine Canfield in May 2002. She is survived by her children, Philip and his wife Julie Blemle, of New Albany (Wilmot), PA, and Alicia and her husband Mark Ivey, of Tunkhan nock, PA. She is also survived by her 8 grandchildren, Adrielle, and Colin Blemle, Jaylynn Brennan, Courtney, Rayleigh and Kraigyn Blemle, and Hayden and Marissa Ivey. Nancy is also survived by her step mother, Ethel Ferris of Wyalusing, PA; and her two brothers, James and his wife Lynda Ferris, and Dennis Ferris and Janet Lewis, all of Elmira, NY, as well as many nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, May 27, 2009 at the Skinners Eddy United Methodist Church, at 11:00 a.m., with Rev. Penny Rahm officiating. Interment will be at a later date, at the convenience of the family, in the Wyalusing Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the church on Tuesday evening, May 26, 2009, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be sent in Nancy's memory to the charity of the donor's choice. Nancy's family would like to thank everyone for their caring thoughts and visits, prayers, floral arrangements, cards, donations, and all other kind and compassionate expressions for Nancy, during her years, and especially during the last few months, of her illness. Also to the Southern Care Hospice, and the Golden Living Center, for making her last weeks, the easiest as possible. Arrangements were made through The Sheldon Funeral Home, Main St., Laceyville, PA.