Nancy Luce Memorial
(Nancy Lee Friesen)
1944-1993
With PowerPoint Presentation
Version 1.3d - WEB
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The Nancy Luce PowerPoint Memorial was distributed on computer CD.
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Short Biography
Nancy Lee Friesen (Nancy Luce) was born August 9, 1944.
Her parents were Herb and Eve Friesen. She was very close to her dad.
She grew up in Edina (Minneapolis) Minnesota, in the Morningside area.
She attended local elementary schools and Edina-Morningside High School.
After high school, she attended the Methodist-Kahler School of Nursing located in
Rochester, MN, graduating in August of 1965 with a 3-year nursing degree.
In 1966, she married Jerry Martinson. They were divorced in 1972.
In 1976 she married John Luce. They were divorced in 1985.
Nancy was active in church and musical activities most of her life.
She sang in the Methodist-Kahler choir, her church choir (the Congregational
Church of Excelsior), the Minnetonka Symphony Chorus, the Minnetonka Chamber
Singers, and a barbershop quartet.
Both of the Minnetonka organizations are part of the Minnetonka Orchestral
Association (MOA - now known as MAM).
She was known as a terrific cook and a talented gardener, a talented musician,
a "sparkplug", an organizer, and a loving, generous, and caring person.
She was always making lists, and lists of lists!!
She also loved the wilderness, birch trees, loons, camping, and canoeing.
Nancy dearly loved her two dogs - Peanut and Duchess.
She died of cancer on November 7th, 1993, with a memorial service taking place
at the Congregational Church of Excelsior on November 13, 1993.
She was 49.
The memorial service program was designed by her friend and fellow barbershop
quartet singer, Elliott Youngberg. Her longtime friend, Colleen Fowler, was the organist,
and the choir consisted of members of the church choir and the two Minnetonka choirs.
The church was completely filled for her service..
It was later revealed that only Nancy and her sister knew how sick she was,
until the last few days, apparently sparing her friends the agony of watching her
die - something she had often seen in her years of nursing experience.
In the summer of 1994, a female physician friend (probably Dr. Kathleen Ogle), carried
Nancy's ashes to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA) and planted them
under a rose bush. In a way, Nancy is now part of the beautiful wilderness she loved
so much.
Needless to say, she is greatly missed....
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Documentation and credits
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High-Speed (Cable/DSL) download time - a few minutes.
Dial-up download time - about 5 hours.
Instructions for downloading and running
PowerPoint Memorial history:
Version 1.3d - WEB - Jan 2008
Version 1.3c - WEB - Oct 2007
Version 1.3b - WEB - Aug 2007
Version 1.3a - WEB - Dec 2006
Version 1.3 - Aug 2006
Version 1.2 - July 2006
Version 1.1 - Minor changes - not distributed
Version 1.0 - May 2006
Dave Morton
January 2008