OUR DEAR MOTHER, NANCY LEE LANPHERE, PASSED AWAY PEACEFULLY AT THE AGE OF 89 ON SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2024, IN PLANO, TEXAS.  NANCY WAS BORN IN OCTOBER 1934 IN CLEAR LAKE, WASHINGTON TO HUGH AND ALICE McDANIEL, BEING THE 4TH OF 5 CHILDREN.

NANCY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER INFANT SON, WARREN, HER HUSBAND ARTHUR, HER SON, ROGER, AND HER LOVING COMPANION CARL SEIDEL, JR.  NANCY IS SURVIVED BY HER OLDEST SON WAYNE, HIS WIFE CAROLE AND GRANDSON DYLAN, PLUS HER OLDEST DAUGHTER, KAREN LANPHERE-BYRD AND HER YOUNGEST DAUGHTER LORI DENNIS, PLUS LORI'S HUSBAND JESS DENNIS AND GRANDCHILDREN ELYSIA STOUT AND DAMON DENNIS.

NANCY WAS A PAST-PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN LEGION POST 91 IN BURLINGTON, WASHINGTON, AND A MEMBER OF THE EASTERN STAR IN SEDRO WOOLLEY.  BESIDES BEING A WONDERFUL MOTHER, NANCY WAS ALSO A NURSE'S AIDE FOR EVERGREEN NURSING HOME AND MIRA VISTA NURSING HOME IN MOUNT VERNON, WASHINGTON, AND A COOK FOR THE LEISURE TIME RESORT IN CONCRETE, WASHINGTON. HER HOBBIES WERE READING, CROCHETING, WORKING WORD PUZZLES AND WATCHING HALLMARK MOVIES.  SHE TRAVELED THE UNITED STATES WITH CARL SEIDEL, JR. AND WINTERED IN ARIZONA FOR MANY YEARS.

NO MEMORIAL SERVICE IS SCHEDULED PER NANCY'S WISHES. SHE WILL BE CREMATED IN HURST, TEXAS AND BURIED IN HAWTHORNE MEMORIAL PARK IN MOUNT VERNON, WASHINGTON.