Avis de décès de Nancy-Nolde Wood - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

->ORONO - Nancy (Kurtz) Nolde Wood, 92, died Friday, April 19, 2013, at Dirigo Pines Retirement Community, Orono. Nancy was born Feb. 5, 1921, in Reading, Pa., the daughter of the late George G. and Edna Seidel Kurtz.Nancy attended public schools and then later attended Emma Willard School, Troy, N.Y., graduating in 1938. In her early years, Nancy enjoyed swimming, horseback riding and tennis. After finishing at Emma Willard School, Nancy attended Bradford College, Haverhill, Mass. In the 1940s Nancy met John Nolde, a college professor of history and they married in 1944. John and Nancy moved to Maine in 1950 where John was a professor at the University of Maine, Orono, for many years. John later became the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, 1967-1973. During their years at the University of Maine, Nancy was very involved in many local activities, groups and associations. She was a member of League of Women Voters of Orono, and at the state level, she was a long time member of Orono Planning Board and she was a member of the board of directors at Bangor-Brewer Tb & Health Association for more than 20 years. Nancy was also a member of the board at the Maine Lung Association for several years in the early 1980s. Professionally, from 1976 to 1986, Nancy was a research assistant in the english department at the University of Maine, Orono, campus, serving as an assistant to the editor of "Paideuma," a journal devoted to Ezra Pound scholarship. During these years, John and Nancy loved to sail and eventually they built a cottage on the coast of Maine at Oak Point, just off Mount Desert Island, where they spent their summers sailing and visiting with Oak Point neighbors. For many years after John retired, they spent several months in the winter in Sanibel Island, Fla. John Nolde died in the fall of 1988 and many months later Nancy began seeing Dr. George W. Wood III, whose wife, Adelle, died in the summer of 1988. After a couple of years their friendship blossomed into love and they were married in December of 1990. As they were making the decision to get married, with a wink and a smile George reminded Nancy that she was not just marrying him, that he was coming into their union with his six children, their spouses and eight grandchildren! Nancy said, "OK," and they were happily married for more than 22 years until her death. George and Nancy took up residence in Orono where they were involved in many activities at the University of Maine. Both were devoted to the cultural and athletic activities at the university. Nancy became very active in the Hudson Museum at UMO and served on the museum's advisory board, 1998-2004. During this time George served on the board of trustees of UMO as well as on the board of Bangor Theological Seminary. George and Nancy loved to travel and over their years together made many journeys to visit with their children and grandchildren who lived in Europe and all over the United States. For many years they spent their summer months at Nancy's cottage at Oak Point, which is just "three doors down" from the Wood family cottage. So it was a perfect meeting place for summer get-togethers with family members and friends. In 2003 George and Nancy moved to Dirigo Pines Retirement Community where George remains to this day.Nancy is predeceased by her first husband, John Nolde. She is survived by her husband, George W. Wood III; goddaughter, Suanne Morse-Price of Mount Desert Island; and six stepchildren and their families, Winifred "Wink" Schuetz and husband, Chuck, and their daughter, Christine, and husband, Chris Hobbs, Adelle "Dee" Gautschi and husband, David, and their daughters, Heidi Gautschi and husband, Marc Dupont, and Lisa Gautschi, Katherine "Kate" Black and husband, Greg, and their daughter, Jenna, Beth Whitley and husband, Michael, George "Woody" Wood IV and wife, Holly, and their sons, Geordie and Tyler, Janet Menser and husband, Mark, and their son Luke and wife, Rachel, and their son, Sawyer and Janet and Mark's daughter, Michelle.A memorial service will be held 10 a.m. Friday, April 26, at Church of Universal Fellowship, 82 Main St., Orono. The family invites relatives and friends to share in conversation and refreshments at the church, following the service. Those who wish to remember Nancy in a special way may make gifts in her memory to Hudson Museum, University of Maine, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME 04469. A service of the Orono Chapel of Brookings-Smith, 72 Main St., Orono. Condolences to the family may be expressed at www.BrookingsSmith.com.