NANCY LOUISE TORCHIA

1946 - 2023

On June 26, 2023, heaven gained another angel and we lost a loving wife, mother, and best friend, Nancy (Minassian) Torchia. Nancy was born on May 17, 1946, in Berkeley, California, to proud parents Henry and Martha, and had a dear friendship with her older sister, Diane. She grew up in El Cerrito and graduated from El Cerrito High School in 1964. On Aug. 22, 1964, she married her high school sweetheart, Domenic. The two were happily married for 58 years. Of her many accomplishments, the ones she was most proud of were her three boys, Ron, Curtis and Ryan.
Nancy's other accomplishments included a long career in medical billing and collections, designing and landscaping a beautiful garden, and rescuing and caring for kittens and cats. She worked at Washington Hospital in Fremont, where she was elected facility representative for Teamsters Local 586, and then Vencor/Kindred in Hayward. After living in Fremont for 32 years she retired in Columbia, but gardening wasn't enough for her, so she went to work for Dr. Tim Moreno as office manager until his untimely passing in 2020. After that, she did retire and worked full time in the garden pulling weeds and raising kittens. It's a beautiful garden.
While she never had a mean-spirited word to say about anyone and was a true friend to those who knew her, saving and caring for kittens and cats was her true passion and calling. Of the dozens she adopted, her two favorites were Sadie and Charlie.
Nancy is survived by her husband Don, three sons, and son-in-law Michael Macklin.
Nancy did not want a service where the people she loved would be sad, but instead, wants the happiness of life passed on through donations in her memory to the Tuolumne County Cat Rescue, at 10040 Victoria Way, Jamestown, CA 95327.