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Nancy Ann Matthews

1936 - 2025

BORN

1936

DIED

2025

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Ewing Brothers Funeral Home

630 South Hanover Street

Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Nancy Matthews Obituary

Nancy Ann Matthews

December 7, 1936 - April 22, 2025

CARLISLE - Nancy Ann Matthews, 88, of Carlisle, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, at UPMC Carlisle. She was born on December 7, 1936, in Carlisle to the late Robert Nickel and Eleanor (Smith) Nickel.

Nancy was a graduate of Carlisle High School. She is survived by one son, David Gulker, of Gahanna, Ohio; one daughter, Mary Purdy, of Portsmouth, Ohio; one sister, Mary Jacolyn Funk of Palm City, Fla.; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and two nieces.

As per Nancy's wishes there will be no public services. www.EwingBrothers.com.
Published by Carlisle Sentinel on Apr. 26, 2025.

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