Nancy Howard was born in Springfield, Missouri on March, 3 1947, the youngest child of Everett and Jean Fay. She passed away February 25, 2013 at the age of 65. She is survived by her loving husband of 10 amazing years, Dennis Kelley; her daughter, Nia Howard, (Springfield) and grandson, Zion (who shared a close, loving relationship); her son, Kent Howard, (Chicago, Illinois); her brother, David Fay and his wife, Martha (Bitty) Fay; sister, Doris Witt; Nancy's ex-husband and father of Nia and Kent, John Howard; and many loving family members on the Howard side, residing in Birmingham, Alabama. She is also survived by Dennis' family, Kenneth and Skyler and grandkids, Logan and Landon, and Skyler's daughter, Noelle. Nancy grew up in Springfield and was 13 years younger than her brother Dave, and 19 years and 2.5 months younger than her sister Doris (Dori). She loved reuben sandwiches and the show The Big Bang Theory. She loved being a grandmother and took educating her grandkids to heart. Nancy always had a learning opportunity making events into educational opportunities and wanting to include everyone. She sought out people, checked in with them and bonded us together. She knew everyone and was a close friend to her daughter. She attended Pipkin Junior High and started at Greenwood but did not like it. She graduated from both Parkview and Glendale as they built new schools. Nancy worked hard to obtain her Master's degree in Library Science and did her graduate work at Mizzou (she took Kent with her). She worked as head librarian in Ozark. Nancy also enjoyed in-home service, caring for others for more than 13 years. She was highly involved in her church home of First and Calvary Presbyterian Church, serving as Deacon, where she was highly involved in Sunday school and many other areas. She was always there to help and to keep things moving forward. She is remembered by her church family as having the biggest heart and for her amazing smile. Her sister Dori says teasing runs in their family, and Dennis remembers them teasing. She will miss their weekly talks. Nancy spent a lot of time at Piaisa Chatauqua,Illinois. but she did not enjoy the horseback riding activities. The cottage they stayed in was called Bit of Abode, although, her father wanted it to be called Fay-cation after their last name. Her father was a very ethical person, highly skilled and could fix anything. She loved laying on the radiant heated floors in the house on Glendale to color pictures (A highly state of the art addition to a home for that era). Her brother remembers her as a preschooler dressed in a tiny cheer leader uniform and her performances at his Greenwood basketball games. She would dance and " cheer " for the older brother she adored. She would always listen in on his conversations and would ask where he was going. He would always answer that "He was going to stand on his head and stack Bee Bees". I also remember something about the word "Yahootie!" being used a lot. There is a story of her brother placing her inside a trash can and putting the lid on and carrying her out. But he cannot recall actually doing this to his little sister. It was her brother that introduced the family to their life long home at First and Calvary. As a youth he loved the youth group and attended with friends. Then the family joined and now her daughter, Nia and grandson, Zion have both been welcomed since the day they were born to this amazing church home. In Nia and Kent's elementary schools years, Nancy volunteered and was home when they arrived. We all were introduced to volunteering and worked at Crosslines. Nancy served on the Mayor's Commission for human rights, where she diligently served with purpose, compassion and great drive.