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NANCY ANN ADAMS HORNBACK
Aug. 5, 1936 - June 15, 2012
Nancy Ann Adams Hornback passed away at her home in Wichita, Kansas on June 15 following a lengthy illness. Nancy was born on August 5, 1936 in El Centro to Arles and Jean Adams - the third of six children.
She graduated from Central Union High School in 1954, the University of San Diego College for Women in 1958 and received her MA from Wichita State University. Nancy was an avid quilter and quilt historian and an accomplished pianist and competent family genealogist. Married to Terry Rodes Hornback in 1959, she was the mother of 7 children, and had 21 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Nancy was preceded in death by her parents and brother, Tony. She is survived by her husband and children plus brother, Jack Adams of McMinnville, Oregon, and sisters Pat Bighinatti and Kate Adams of Tucson, Arizona and Eileen Schmidt of Bend, Oregon.
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Loretta Phares
March 22, 2013
I just came across the newspaper notice of Nancy's death and was reminded of how much I enjoyed having known her. We were in a Book Club together for 10 years. She was an inspiration in her creativity and love of learning. I was not able to attend her services but want her children and grandchildren to know that they were always foremost in her thoughts in the midst of her many activities. You were very blessed.
Kathy Fisher
July 16, 2012
I knew Nancy through the quilt guild several years ago. She was a delightful person to work with. We travelled together a few times, and I always enjoyed the time I spent with her. You have my deepest sympathy for your loss.
Wilene Smith
June 25, 2012
Would Nancy's daughter Liz please contact me. I'd like to share with the family the wonderful comments and remembrances posted on Facebook and that I received privately in e-mail. They will surely warm your heart as they did mine.
Burness Bailey/Moffitt
June 21, 2012
It can be so hard to face the first year without your loved one, but the love of family and friends can carry you through.
Paul Sevart
June 17, 2012
To Dave and the rest of the Hornback family, I am sorry for your loss. The house on Circle Drive was so full of life when I was growing up, but there was always room for one more. Thank you, Nancy.
Dagni Anders
June 17, 2012
I met Nancy back in the 1960s in La Leche League. What a wonderful role model she was for motherhood! Also, my late husband Dale, worked with Nancy's husband Terry, so I was able to keep up with their family's news. My sincere sympathies go out to Terry and all the children and grandchildren. Your wife and mother was something truly special! May God bless and comfort you all.
Paula Daniel-Steinbacher
June 17, 2012
Dear Hornback family -- Nancy was an inspiration to me. I admired her energy and enthusiasm for everything she was involved in and I have warm memories of her hospitality at your beautiful home. Her wonderful kids are a testament to what an amazing woman she was and I will always hold her memory close to my heart. I have a beautiful quilt that she stitched and will continue to talk about the great woman who made it whenever I show it off to friends. Love and peace to you as you live out her legacy, holding your faith close and exemplifying the wonderful family values she instilled in you.
Paula Daniel-Steinbacher
Karen Alexander
June 17, 2012
A wonderfully caring woman and a dear quilt historian friend. You were greatly missed the last few years at our research conferences. You set such an incredible example of how to endure physical adversity with graciousness and dignity. Rest in peace, dear friend.
Karen Alexander, Lopez Island, WA
maryAnne McDonough
June 16, 2012
the Hornback family is in our thoughts and prayers...Your mom was a wonderful person.
Love, The McDonoughs.... Kathy, Larry, MaryAnne and Mark
Joyce Miller
June 16, 2012
Dearest Kate,
My deepest sympathy to you and for your family at the loss of your sister, Nancy. My prayers are for you as Nancy is in a better place now.
Love,
Fredi
Therese Rose
June 16, 2012
Sincere sympathy for your loss. My mother, Mary Deighan Madden, knew Nancy and Patsy at the San Diego College for Women, and I got to know Kate and Patsy at the Convent of the Sacred Heart. Therese Madden Rose
JM Neuroth
June 16, 2012
Nancy was an inspiration and a wonderful person. Her hard battle is over and now she can rest in peace and quilt again in glory. Thank you for helping start Quilt Guild. Memories abound.
Patrick Hornback
June 16, 2012
I've lost my hero, but I'll never forget everything you taught me, Mom.
Tania Wisner
June 16, 2012
My love, thoughts and prayers are with the Hornbacks today. Many, many good memories of the Hornback homestead in College Hill. Your Mom is a wonderful woman. Love you guys.
Wilene Smith
June 16, 2012
That we -- everyone in the quilt world and beyond -- will miss her is the understatement of all time! She was my quilt and genealogy research friend. Long before the Internet and Ancestry, we often went to Kansas City, MO, to the National Archives branch to read census film, then to the #3 genealogy library in the country in Independence, MO, for more research after NARA closed for the day. It's not fair. IT'S NOT FAIR that GOOD PEOPLE have to suffer so at the end of life. It's simply NOT FAIR!!!!! Nancy did so much good, and always did anything she could for others. Her life seemed to be dedicated to everyone else and was a roll model for us all. She put me to shame, always! I opened the first quilt shop in Wichita in 1978. I didn't know this until years later but she was my best promoter at the time. The very first lecture of sorts that I was asked to do was for a local antique collectors club. It met that night in the home of one of Wichita's estate sale people and Nancy "just happened" to be there, too. It was comforting to see a familiar face, but why she was there, she didn't reveal to me until years later, that she was the one responsible for my being there. A remarkable, remarkable woman. The world is a much poorer place now without her presence. My deepest, sincerest condolences to Terry, Liz, Ann, their brothers, and all of Nancy's family.
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