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[March 05, 2015]  LINCOLN - Nancy Ladd, 88, of Lincoln formerly of Jacksonville passed away on Friday February 27, 2015 at 7:05 p.m. at St. Clara's Manor Nursing Home in Lincoln.

Visitation: None

Service:  Friday, March 6, at 2 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville

Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln

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Lincoln- Nancy L. Ladd, 88, of Lincoln, IL. formerly of Jacksonville, passed away on Friday, February 27, 2015 at St. Clara's Manor in Lincoln.

A Memorial Service for Mrs. Ladd will be held on Friday, March 6, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville with Rev. Jon Bormann officiating.

Burial will be at a later date at Camp Butler National Cemetery at rural Riverton, Illinois.

Nancy Lewis Ladd was born on March 25, 1926 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin the daughter of Thomas M. N. and Leona Anderson Lewis. She was united in marriage to Frank B. Ladd on December 15,1956. He survives.

Also surviving are her sons: Geoffrey N. Ladd of Lincoln and Thomas L. Ladd of St. Petersburg, Florida, Sister in law : Mary Ellen Ladd, Buffalo, NY, Two cousins: Judy Coker and George Coker.

She was preceded in death by her parents and step mother: Madeline Kneberg Lewis.



 

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Nancy graduated from Watertown High School in Watertown, WI., , Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, NY., with a Bachelor's of Arts Degree, a Masters Degree in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, Wisconsin. and attended The Art Institute of Chicago.

She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville, Jacksonville Art League. and Sangamon Watercolor Society.

In her early days Nancy was a career woman, most notably as the Decorating Editor for Institutions Magazine in Chicago and at MacMurray College as the Public Relations Director in Jacksonville.

Throughout her life she was a devoted artist.

Memorials may be made to the Jacksonville Art League or the First Presbyterian Church of Jacksonville.

Funeral Arrangements have been entrusted to Peasley Funeral Home in Lincoln.

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