The second of seven children born to Clark and Georgia Webster of Springfield, Missouri, Nancy had the loving guidance and protection of her big brother, Ron, and soon became big sister and nanny to her younger siblings, Lu, Sue, Mike, Denny and Danny.

She attended elementary school in Robla, California, north of Sacramento, graduated from Grant Union High School in 1949 and met a sailor, Don Williams. They married August 6, 1950, began a family and eventually moved to nearby North Highlands where they raised four happy kids. 

The Williamses bought a home in Loomis, California, in 1969. Nancy and Don divorced a few years later. She never remarried.

She was a gentle woman who laughed often and loved her family selflessly. She taught her children, David, Linda, Laura and Jim, to be honest with themselves and respectful of others, and above all else to be happy.

As smart as they come, Nancy's native intelligence was matched only by her infectious sense of humor. She brightened every room she entered and infused every conversation with smiles and laughter.

Like her mother before her, Nancy was stricken in her 80s by Alzheimer's. It took her from us slowly but surely. Nearing the end of her life she responded happily to our presence but was increasingly incapable of conversation.

Blessedly, she never seemed to suffer the kind of emotional turmoil that strikes many Alzheimer's patients. She was sometimes confused but to the end she had a strong center that allowed her to accept her condition with grace and dignity.

Otherwise reasonably healthy for her age she passed away in her sleep. It was her release.