Nancy Lanahan Bugby 1941-2021
TUCKASEGEE, N.C. — Nancy Lanahan Bugby, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister, 79, passed away peacefully in her home on Thursday, March 11, 2021, surrounded in love with her husband and daughters.
She was the daughter of John and Dorothy Klinger of Youngstown.
Nancy lived her dream of building and living in a log home with her husband, Bobby in the Great Smokey Mountains of North Carolina. She was a member of the first graduating class of Cardinal Mooney High School in 1959. She was self-employed as a bookkeeper and her passions were sewing, stained glass making, embroidery and quilting. She made beautiful gifts for family and friends and donated quilts to those in need, as well as hand-made head coverings for those receiving chemotherapy. Most of all she loved her family.
Nancy is survived by her beloved husband, Robert Bugby; daughters, Colleen (Alex) Lanahan Caskey and Maureen Lanahan Thomas; grandchildren, Alex J. Caskey, Shannon (Loren) Caskey Rosenbeck, Liam Lanahan, Kathleen Lanahan and Aidan Thomas; sisters, Carol (John) LaManna, Marianne (Ken) Niles and Patti (Robert) Krzys.
She was preceded in death by her sons, Patrick and Richard Lanahan; and her sister, Suzanne Gabele.
Due to COVID-19, an update will be made on her celebration of life.
As an expression of sympathy, donations may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Appalachian Funeral Services of Sylva, N.C. is serving the family.
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