Nancy Fenner

Nancy Fenner obituary, Van, TX

Nancy Fenner

Nancy Fenner Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Hilliard Funeral Home, Fairway Crematory & Memorial Gardens - Van on Mar. 27, 2023.
Nancy Carol Fenner passed away in the early morning hours of March 26, 2023, at the age of 86. Nancy was born and raised in Upton Massachusetts. She married Raymond Fenner of Upton Massachusetts in 1957 and moved to California where they had four daughters. Ray and Nancy loved to travel and gave their children many adventures. Later they moved to Bullhead AZ which was across the river from Laughlin, NV where you could always find her playing her favorite poker machines at the Pioneer Casino.
Eventually, they ended up in Harleton, TX were two of her daughters lived. She loved animals and had several dogs over the years but found great comfort in her Miniature schnauzers Diamond and then Crystal.
Nancy was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Fenner in 2016; daughter, Paula (Fenner) Avery in 2019; and parents, Walter & Velma Hopkins.
Survivors include her brother, Walter Hopkins Jr. of Upon Massachusetts; sister, Judith Kempton of Poquoson, VA; daughters, Daveen (Fenner) Kaplan of Windsor, CO, Terry (Fenner) Knowlton of Harleton, TX, and Tracie (Fenner) Best of Canton, TX; eleven grandchildren; and nineteen great-grandchildren

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