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Nancy Hansell (nee Easby) of Narberth, PA, died on Sunday July 12th, 2015 at age 92. Nancy Easby Hansell was born in 1922 to Amy Harris and Lewis Wood Easby. She went to Friend's Central School. She grew up in All Saints Episcopal Church and then joined the Narberth Methodist Church where she and her family were active members. Nancy resided in Narbrook Park for several years as a youngster and recently attended Narbrook Park's Centennial Celebration! Nancy and Fred married on November 21, 1942 in Florida in the presence of family and friends while Fred was stationed there. He was in the army as a sergeant and served with the MPs. Nancy enjoyed being a homemaker and loved living in the same house in Narberth that they moved into before their second child was born in 1948. She particularly loved sitting on the porch watching the birds and the neighbor's comings and goings. Very close relationships were formed with those neighbors. She worked part time at a local book store (Paperbacks Etc) and was home in time when the kids came in from school. She and her husband were founding members of the PTA Follies, which is now known as the Narberth Community Theater. She was a volunteer at both the Narberth Community Library and also at the Bryn Mawr Thrift Shop. Every two weeks she looked forward to getting together with 'the girls' and playing bridge! She and her husband enjoyed going to jazz concerts and have traveled to many countries in the world. They kept track of their travels in a journal which Nancy referred to frequently. Those journals allowed her to reminisce about past trips and she could enjoy them over and over. They had close friendships with many of Fred's army buddies that were scattered all over the United States and they enjoyed visiting with them. Another one of the annual trips that they really enjoyed and looked forward to was to Cape Cod in the fall with a group of local friends. In later years, they started spending a month in Florida in the winter (always leaving the day before a major storm). They enjoyed visiting with their grandkids and then eventually great grandkids and were affectionately called TOTO and POPPO by them. Nancy had a great sense of humor... anyone called TOTO would have to!!! She was the wife of the late Frederick Charles Hansell, Sr. Beloved mother of Joan Hansell Wood, Fred Jr (Kathy), and Robert (Phyllis).; grandmother of Kathy Wood, Barb Wood, Jennifer Hansell Rogers (Dan), Janice Hansell Bickel (Don), Kristina Hansell Hammel(Jeff), Brian Hansell, Benjamin Hansell & Chris Hansell; great grandmother of Leah and Aaron Rogers and Alexandra and Elizabeth and Scott Charles Bickel and Benjamin Charles Hammel. She is also survived by her sister, Carolyn Barker. A celebration of Nancy's life will be on Thursday, July 16th at 1PM in the Chadwick & McKinney, 30 E. Athens Ave, Ardmore, PA, where the family will receive guests after 12 noon. A reception will follow. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be sent to the Narberth Fourth of July Committee, P. O. Box 710, Narberth, PA 19072.

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Nancy Easby Hansell

October 26, 1922 - July 12, 2015