{"id":3286,"date":"2018-07-19T15:58:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T15:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=3286"},"modified":"2018-07-19T15:58:35","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T15:58:35","slug":"nancy-a-hanks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=3286","title":{"rendered":"Nancy A. Hanks"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Nancy A. Hanks \u2013 62 \u2013 of 7505 Knoll Crest, Almond, died Tuesday evening (July 17, 2018) at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, following a brief illness.<\/p>\n

Born in Hornell on February 18, 1956, she was the daughter of Gerald \u201cHammer\u201d & Elizabeth \u201cJean\u201d Hanks.<\/p>\n

Nancy was a lifelong resident of Almond and was a graduate of Alfred-Almond Central School where she excelled in softball & soccer.\u00a0 She attended Alfred University for one year and later graduated from Elmira Business Institute (EBI) where she studied bookkeeping and accounting.<\/p>\n

She was employed as a cashier & sales clerk at Hitchcock Pharmacy in Alfred for about four years.\u00a0 For the past 38 years, Nancy worked in the Food Service Department at Alfred University, first as an assistant office manager and for the past 13 years as office manager.<\/p>\n

Nancy was a communicant of St. Brendan\u2019s Church of Almond and also attended St. Ann\u2019s Church of Hornell.\u00a0 She had a deep love of sports and for several years coached girls softball in the Alfred-Almond Summer Softball League.\u00a0 She enjoyed spending weekends attending craft shows & flower shows and also loved spending countless hours working in her flower & vegetable gardens.<\/p>\n

Known throughout her life as a generous & caring person, Nancy was always the first to respond when a family member or friend was in need, often bringing food and\/or comfort or simply lending a \u201chelping hand.\u201d\u00a0 She had a deep love and affection for her family and especially enjoyed her nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

In addition to her parents, Nancy was preceded in death by her brother, Bill Hanks.<\/p>\n

Surviving are her longtime companion, Ed Ellington of Thatcherville; 2 sisters, Barb (Pat) McPoland of Greenville, SC and Marilyn (Bill) Weidman of Spring Hill, TN; several nieces & nephews; 2 great-nieces and 1 great-nephew.<\/p>\n

The family of Nancy A. Hanks will receive friends on Friday from 3:00 PM\u00a0 –\u00a0 6:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.\u00a0 <\/strong>A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at11:00 AM on Saturday at St. Brendan\u2019s Church in Almond, NY with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Almond, NY.<\/p>\n

Nancy\u2019s family request that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her name be made to the charity of the donor\u2019s choice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nancy A. Hanks \u2013 62 \u2013 of 7505 Knoll Crest, Almond, died Tuesday evening (July 17, 2018) at Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, following a brief illness. Born in Hornell on February 18, 1956, she was the daughter of Gerald \u201cHammer\u201d & Elizabeth \u201cJean\u201d Hanks. Nancy was a lifelong resident of Almond and was a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3288,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3286\/revisions\/3288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}