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Nancy Stanwood Obituary



Nancy Stanwood passed away in the afternoon of October 26th at her home in Palo Alto, CA. She was accompanied by her son, Peter. She was 89. Nancy and her husband Dick lived at 17 Riverview Street in Essex from 1982 until 2006, when they moved to California. Dick passed away in 2010. She is survived by three children: Joanna, her eldest who lives in San Diego, Peter who lives in San Francisco and Carson, from Wilson, WY.



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Published by Hartford Courant on Nov. 11, 2017.

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