SPRINGFIELD - Nancy M. Arnold, 69, died on Monday, December 5, 2011 at Baystate Medical Center.
A TRIBUTE
MY MOM NANCY ARNOLD PASSED COMFORTABLY AT BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER ON DECEMBER 5TH LATE IN THE EVENING. SHE IS PREDECEASED BY A BROTHER, ROBERT, A FATHER, RALPH, A MOTHER, GWENDOLYN, AND A LIFE LONG LOVE AND HUSBAND, WILLIAM.
SHE WAS BORN IN JANE LEW, WV, AND MOVED TO WESTERN MASS AS A YOUNG GIRL... WHO ENJOYED MANY ACTIVITIES AND TRAVEL. SHE SAW MANY AMAZING THINGS IN HER LIFE AND WAS QUITE AN INTELLIGENT WOMAN. SHE WAS NOT ALWAYS CONCSIENTIOUS ABOUT WHAT CAME OUT OF HER MOUTH, BUT YOU ALWAYS KNEW WHERE YOU STOOD.
SHE ENJOYED FISHING, ANYTHING WITH 4 LEGS, AND CRAFTS OF ALL TYPES, FROM MAKING CLIPS OUT OF FEATHERS TO PUPPIES OUT OF COAT HANGERS AND YARN. THE LAST FEW YEARS SHE SUFFERED WITH MANY TRIPS TO THE HOSPITAL AND STILL TRIED TO ENJOY WHERE AND WHAT LIFE OFFERED HER.
MANY OF THOSE THAT KNEW HER WILL MISS HER, AND HER BRUTAL HONESTY. AN AMAZING, ARTICULATE, AND FASCINATING WOMAN, WHO TOUCHED MANY WITH HER KINDNESS, AND AFFECTION.
THERE ARE MANY THAT CALLED HER MOM THROUGH THE YEARS, BUT ONLY HAD ONE SON. SHE LEAVES HIM AND MANY ADOPTED CHILDREN BEHIND TO FIND PEACE IN GOD’S KINGDOM. THOSE INCLUDED IN HER FAMILY INCLUDE MYSELF, DANIEL, MELINDA,SEAN,ROSALIND, 2 BROTHERS, AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS .
IT’S WITH MELANCHOLY SPIRIT THAT I MAKE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT AND HAPPY SHE IS NEITHER ILL NOR SUFFERING ANYMORE. MAY GOD WELCOME YOU AS HE WELCOMED HER.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO THE STAFF AT KEYSTONE WOODS AND DEANNA LAWRENCE FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND COMPASSION. I KNOW SHE IS SMILING DOWN ON ALL OF YOU.
SHE IS MISSED DAILY BY HER SON.
CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE IN HER NAME TO YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER; SHE WOULD HAVE LIKED THAT.
New England Funeral & Cremation Center, LLC has been entrusted with the arrangements. For expressions of sympathy please visit
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