Nancy Wilcox

Stonington — Nancy Hoffman Wilcox, 68, of Latimer Point, Stonington, died too young on Aug. 20, 2017.

She was born on July 27, 1949, in Norwich, to Louis and Aldea (Purple) Hoffman and grew up in Norwich and on the waters of Fisher’s Island Sound. Nancy graduated from Norwich Free Academy in 1967. She then attended Southern Connecticut State University and Mitchell College, graduating from Mitchell in 1970. She married G. Jeffrey Wilcox in Norwich on Oct. 3, 1970. She was predeceased by her parents and her husband just in May of this year.

She is survived by her daughter, Melissa Watson and her husband, Joel, of Mystic; son, Brian of Stonington; the lights of her life, her grandchildren, Alexandria, Hunter, Ainsley, Bryce, Emma, Cole and Archer; and her dog, Athena.

Nancy worked at the United States Coast Guard Academy from 1970 until her daughter was born in 1972. She then stayed home with her children and was very involved in their schools, most of the time as “class mom.” When her children were older, she volunteered at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London and then with Hospice of Southeastern Connecticut. When Nancy returned to the work force in the mid 1980’s, she started at the Groton Board of Education and then moved to Fitch High School where she worked until her death.

A memorial service will be held for Nancy at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at the First United Methodist Church on Willow St. in Mystic.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be sent to JDRF, 26 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004 or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.