Nancy Wisner Thomas, 82, died Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. She was born April 7, 1940, in Detroit, Mich. to the late Emens B. and
Ruth Wiley Wisner.
Nancy loved to swim and learned when she was a little girl spending most summers at her grandparent's cottage. She became an
excellent swimmer and continued swimming for exercise even in her later years. Her dad passed away when she was 3 months
old and she lived with her mother, sister and brother in Detroit and then Dearborn, Mich. She went to Redford High School,
where her aunt, Phyllis Sutliff, was head of the English Dept. After high school, she joined the Peace Corp. and went to
Khartoum, Sudan until war broke out there. She then worked for the State Dept. at theAmerican Embassy in Saigon until the
communists took it and she was evacuated. She vacationed in Thailand where she sent many gifts back to the whole family.
Back in the states she worked as an executive secretary for Comsat/Lockheed Martin for 28 years before retiring.
Nancy married Joseph Arnold Thomas in 1982 and they were married for 28 years before Joe passed away.
Survivors include her nephews, Robert E. Wisner Jr. and wife, Denise, of Shelby Twp., Mich., Tucker and wife, Julia, of
Indianapolis, Ind.; nieces, Lynne and husband, August “Bud” Martin, Kimberly Bloom of Zionsville, Ind.; stepson, Timothy
Michael and wife, Jennifer; stepdaughter, Deirdre Thomas of Mass.; sisters-in-law,Ann Thomas of Bethesda, Md., Sylvia May
of Shenandoah, and Rebecca Lawson of Florida; best friend, Mary Burns, (husband, Pete Schmidt and daughter, Emma Burns
Schmidt) and many great-nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her brother, Robert E. Wisner Sr. and wife, Jean; her
sister, Winnifred Moore; her nephews, Scott and Todd Moore; and her brothers-in-law, Bill Thomas and Glenwood "Woodie"
May.
Afuneral service with the Rev. James Kite officiating will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, at the Kyger Funeral
Home Chapel in Elkton, Va. with visitation starting at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Rest Haven Cemetery in Shenandoah.
Condolences may be shared at kygers.com.