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Nancy Oakley Ratner

1936 - 09/12/2025

BORN

1936

DIED

09/12/2025

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Simpson Funeral Home & Crematory - Peters Creek Road

5160 Peters Creek Road

Roanoke, Virginia

Nancy Ratner Obituary

Nancy Oakley Ratner

September 5, 1936 - September 12, 2025

Nancy O. Ratner 89, of Roanoke, passed away, September 12, 2025. Services will be private for the family.

Simpson Funeral Home

5160 Peters Creek Road Roanoke, VA 24019
Published by Roanoke Times on Nov. 16, 2025.

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Sandra Kimes

November 17, 2025

I knew her from Hermitage when I worked there she was so sweet pleasant and smiling all the time she will never be forgotten

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