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NANCY MCREE Obituary

NANCY JANETTE MCREE JUNE 10, 1933-JULY 4, 2018 Nancy passed away at age 85 on Tuesday, July 4, 2018 at Mi Casa Bonita in Santa Fe NM. She did it on her terms surrounded by love and care. She is survived by her son, Mark Dowaliby and her sisters, Sharon Cregar and Kathleen McRee and their families. Nancy was a wild rose. The oldest of three sisters, raised in a strict Baptist family that moved around a lot throughout Texas and New Mexico. While loving her family, she rebelled early and often against her fundamentalist upbringing which set a pattern for her life of doing exactly what she wanted to do. Nancy became a college graduate from KU, a celebrated educator in Missouri, author, world traveller, wife, mother, & aunt. She lived through many heartaches, the deepest being her daughter, Kristin, who died at age 5. She also had the deepest joy of being a mother to her son, Mark. Nancy was known for her dinner parties and the beautiful food she would cook for family and friends. She affected countless family's lives in her 45-year work in the classroom, as well as future students with her authorship of textbooks and teaching resource materials. She will be lovingly remembered and deeply missed. The family wishes to profoundly thank Christina Simek, and the employees of Brookdale, Mi Casa Bonita, and Ambercare for their skillful love & care in the very difficult and challenging last few years.

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Published by Santa Fe New Mexican from Aug. 1 to Aug. 3, 2018.

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August 3, 2018

To the family of Nancy, please accept my condolences.
May you find comfort in knowing that those who died, God keeps them in his memory. And at Psalms 116:15 they are precious in
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Lucy

August 2, 2018

I am grateful to our Lord for our Loved Ones presence in our lives, it was truly a blessing . My "Power of Faith" allows me to realize that the pain of the loss is for me. I won't have them to accompany me in life's journey any longer. and their memory is all we will have until we meet again. My pain is not for them. With my " Power of Faith", I believe with all my heart, that the joy they are feeling and the paradise they are now in, cannot be described in any earthly way. I pray for your strength, courage and above all "Faith" through this extremely difficult Time. My Condolence - Marke Montoya Santa Fe

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