Nancy C. Mills (neé Shipley)

April 2, 1948 - May 8, 2006

Nancy Carol Mills, daughter of James Arthur and Leah Mae (Hamman) Shipley, was born on April 2, 1948, in Clarinda, Iowa. She died at the age of 58 on Monday, May 8, 2006, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, following a lengthy bout of pancreatic cancer.

Nancy lived most of her life in southwest Iowa and northwest Missouri. She lived in Villisca as a small child and completed kindergarten through second grade there. Her family subsequently moved to Storm Lake and then to Shenandoah where she graduated from Shenandoah High School in 1966. Over the years, Nancy worked at Mae Farmers, Fields Clothing, Tober's, Wal-Mart, and Pella Corporation in Shenandoah.

A creative person, Nancy enjoyed painting, sewing, crafts, cooking, and gardening. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Shenandoah.

Preceding Nancy in death were her father, James Arthur Shipley, and her grandparents, Fred and Alma (Windom) Shipley and George and Opal (Rascher) Hamman. Survivors included her mother, Leah Mae Shipley of Shenandoah; brother, Richard Shipley and wife Diana of Burlington, Iowa; two nieces, Lori Miller and husband Josh of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and Katie Shipley of Denver, Colorado; and other relatives and many friends.

Funeral services were held on Friday, May 12, 2006, at 11:00 a.m. at the Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home in Shenandoah. Pastor James Gubser gave the words of comfort. The vocalist was Dr. Charles Peterson, and the organist was Margaret Woods. Special music was, "The Lord's Prayer", "How Great Thou Art" and "Wind Beneath My Wings". Joy Thompson attended the register book. Marian Johnson, Vicki Wagoner, Susan Gomel and Janice Carpenter cared for the flowers. Honorary casket bearers were Chuck Bartz, Gene Dixon, Charles Norton, Clifford Shipley and Joe Shipley. Casket bearers were Curtis Bartz, Lowell Dixon, Randy Dixon, Bill Shipley, Leland Shipley and Tom Shipley. Interment was in the Prairie Rose Cemetery near Corning, Iowa.

This obituary was originally published on the website of the Hackett-Livingston Funeral Home.