NANCY
My grandmother, Nancy Ames Hansen
Worthing, was nothing more to me than a name on a family tree before I took on
the task of writing about her. I was
always curious about the grandmother for whom I was named. That curiosity led
me to find out more about her. I know a
little about her from Mom’s faded recollections, census records, newspaper
articles, divorce papers, pictures, and a death certificate. Nancy died from a
brain tumor when Mom was twelve years old. My mom, Grace’s memories faded
throughout the years. Mom remembered her walking her to school and as the mother
who held her close, hugged her a lot, and read stories to her in bed on rainy
days. To honor and remember her, Mom and her cousin Margaret named their
daughters Nancy.
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