Nancy Elaine (Mcdonald) Crouch
CANTON, Ga. — Nancy Elaine (McDonald) Crouch passed away Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012. She was 57. Born Oct. 26, 1955, in Troy, she was the daughter of the late Roy Martin and Elaine Smith McDonald.
Raised in the Lansingburgh section of Troy, Nancy graduated from Catholic Central High School. She then attended and graduated from Hudson Valley Community College with an associate’s degree, received her Bachelor of Science degree from Russell Sage College and her Master of Science degree from Walden University.
She had a career in education with Cherokee County schools, Teasley Middle School and Freedom Middle School in Canton, Ga., teaching business education and career exploration.
She loved the beach and traveling. Her greatest joy was her son, Thomas, a third- year law student at the University of Georgia School of Law. She had a great passion for teaching and loved her students and fellow teachers. Nancy had a great sense of humor, and she was very kind and loved by all who knew her.
She is survived by her husband, Marvin Ansley Crouch; one son, Thomas Crouch; her brother, Roy J. McDonald and his wife, Angela; one stepdaughter, Lynn Timmerman and her husband, Andy; one stepson, Dean Crouch and his wife, Dee; three nieces, Stephanie Veitch and her husband, Matt, Jessica Youngberg and her husband, Jeff, and Julie Marshall and her husband, Charles; one sister-in-law, Sylvia Crouch; and two great-nephews, Jacob and David Veitch.
Relatives and friends may call from 10 to 11: 45 a. m. Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at the William J. Burke & Sons Funeral Home, 628 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs ( 5845373).
A funeral service will be held at 11: 45 a. m. Thursday at the funeral home.
A memorial service will be celebrated at 2 p. m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2012, at the Heritage Presbyterian Church, 5323 Bells Ferry Road, Acworth, GA 30102 (770-926-3558).
Burial will follow in Memory Gardens in Colonie.
Online remembrances may be made at www. burkefuneralhome.com.