Nancy S. Polley

BLOOMINGTON - Nancy S. Polley, 44, of Bloomington died of cancer on Sunday, Sept. 6, 2009, at University of Illinois Medical Center in Chicago.

She was cremated and her memorial services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday at Calvert and Metzler Memorial Home in Bloomington, with Roger Miller officiating. There will be no visitation.

Nancy was born on June 4, 1965, in St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur. She was the first child of Mike and Mary Polley. She lived in Decatur until she was thirteen at which time she moved to Normal to join her father and his new wife, Sharon, along with her children Scott and Kelley Lewis. She graduated from Normal Community High School with honors in 1983 and went on to further her education at ISU and Lincoln College.

In 1990 she moved to Streator to live and started a business, Up and Running Computer Services, with her longtime friend, Richard Jacobs. In 1995, Nancy moved back to Bloomington. Nancy, her sister Sandy, and Richard lived together and built up the business in the Bloomington area. Her final move was the house on Cherrywood. There she and her sister Sandy, worked together to make a cozy and comfortable home.

Nancy is survived by her sister, Sandra Polley of Bloomington; her mother, Mary Polley of Springfield; her father and his wife, Mike and Sharon Polley of Bloomington; her grandmother, Helen Polley of Clinton; her aunt, Genevieve Farnsworth of Clinton; her stepsister, Kelley (Lewis) Marion and stepbrother, Scott Lewis, both of Bloomington/Normal; and her lifelong friends, Roger Miller, Richard Jacobs and Bob Walley.

She was preceded in death by her sister, Debbie; grandparents, Robert and Thelma Burger; and great-grandparent, Ruby Padgett.

Memorial contributions may be made to McLean County Humane Society for her love of all animals, but most especially Wieners, Allie, Nikita, Spencer, and Sammy.