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Visitation:
None
Service: Friday, March 6, at 2 p.m.
at the First Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville
Funeral home: Peasley Funeral Home, Lincoln
Obituary
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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