Nancy Fisk

Fisk, Nancy M.
Nancy Mary Agnes Bartot Skelly Fisk entered into peaceful eternal rest on the morning of Friday, July 17th, in her home in Belchertown, Massachusetts. Born on November 18th, 1934 in Greenwich, Connecticut, to Peter James Bartot (Pietro Giacomo Bortot) and Vanda (Veneranda) Ganz Bartot, just two months after her mother's entry into the United States, she lived in Western Massachusetts for almost 44 years, beginning in Amherst before moving to Belchertown more recently, where she was a parishioner, regular communicant and prayer partner at Saint Francis Roman Catholic Church. Nancy made her career as a nurse and academic, earning her B.S. from University of Connecticut at Storrs and her Master's and doctorate degrees from the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. She spent most of her professional life as professor of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. Earlier in her career, Nancy taught Nursing at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut, and Holyoke Community College. She also founded the first halfway house for recovering alcoholic women in Springfield, Massachusetts. Nancy enjoyed years of involvement in barbershop music in the Sweet Adelines organization as member of choruses in Connecticut and Massachusetts as well as director of one which she founded, The Belles of Amherst. Besides her parents, Nancy was predeceased by her loving husband, David Joseph Skelly, and later by longtime companion Charles A. Fisk. She is survived by brother Morris N. Bartot & wife Ginger Harris Bartot of Galena, Illinois, along with their children and families.She leaves sons Kevin Skelly & wife Debbie, Michael Skelly; Peter Skelly & wife Diana, Brian Skelly & wife Sau-Ping, and daughter Suzanne Skelly Stoneham & husband David Stoneham; grandchildren Matthew, Benjamin, David, Teresa, and Jerome Skelly; Emilia Stoneham Bauer, Elaine Stoneham, Olivia Stoneham McDowell & husband Mike McDowell, Kristina Boulanger, and Jessica Garcia. She also leaves behind many cousins living in or originating from Greenwich Connecticut, maternal and paternal relatives still residing in Italy, and dear in-laws of the Skelly-Kiernan family.Funeral services will be held at the Castiglione Funeral Home, 544 Old Post Road, Greenwich, Connecticut, with viewing hours from 6 to 8 pm Friday, July 24th, and funeral mass Saturday, July 25th at 10 am in Saint Mary's Church, 178 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich. Interment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, 399 North Street, Greenwich. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Congregation of Sisters of Saint Joseph of Springfield, 577 Carew Street, Springfield MA, 01104. There will also be a memorial service in Nancy's honor in Western Massachusetts, to be announced at a later date.