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Nancy Alice (Demoret) Day

April 10, 1935 — February 28, 2021

Crawfordsville

Nancy Alice (Demoret) Day, age 85, of Crawfordsville passed away on Sunday, February 28, 2021 at home while surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Montgomery County on April 10, 1935 to the late George & Mary (Thomas) Demoret.

Nancy graduated from Dover High School in 1953 and married the love of her life, Bob Day, on September 11, 1954, at Mt. Zion Church in Crawfordsville. Nancy started out working as a phone operator for Indiana Bell; then her and Bob owned the Trampoline Center on US 136, then in 1976, they opened the Potpourri Art studio at Green and Main Street in Crawfordsville, where Nancy taught art classes and sold artwork. Nancy's paintings and her art students have been featured all over the world. She loved working in her flower garden and spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Bob Day of Crawfordsville; four children, Darrell (Tammy Nichols) Day of Fishers, Jeanne Day of Mace, Cheryl (Tom) Day Anderson of Indianapolis; and Darren (Molly) Day of Crawfordsville; seven grandchildren, Bridget (Denny Smith) Wilbur, Travis (Sheryl) Wilbur, Kelly Day, Derrek (Megan) Day, Abby Day, Megan Day, Danielle Day; great grandchildren, Dominic, Sammi, Tiffany, Levi, Trey, Sully; great-great children, Aaron, Nathaniel, Ashton, Braxton; and nieces and nephews, Sharon (Layton) Sparks, Will Brugge, Mark Brugge, Karen Brugge Hutchings, and Debbie Humble.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Dan Demoret and Tommy Demoret; a sister, Jean Eakle; and sister-in-law, Jo Brugge.

Visitation will be at Sanders Priebe Funeral Care, 315 S Washington St in Crawfordsville on Friday, March 5, 2021 from 12:00pm till the time of the funeral service at 1:30pm with Pastor Ivan Brown officiating. The service will be live-streamed and recorded which can be viewed on her obituary page at www.sandersfuneralcare.com. Burial will follow at Kingman Fraternal Cemetery. Share memories and condolences online at www.sandersfuneralcare.com

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