JustWord
eSand
Angela Skene
Description: Nancy Seiberling: gardener, environmentalist, activist, cultivator, planter of trees and ideas and ideals, champion of all things beautiful, community builder
garden (4271) iowa city (166) johnson county (112) nancy seiberling (2) frank seiberling jr (2) project green (2) fairhill (1)
Nancy P. Seiberling — 1917-2015
Nancy Seiberling left this life in the early morning hours of January 12, 2015 at Honey Creek Cottage in Swisher, Iowa, after years of struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Her youngest daughter, Angela, was with her in her last hours. For a tribute from her daughter, Grace, please click here . Before retiring from public life, Nancy was a no-nonsense spokesperson for environmental and social concerns, an organizer who brought the best out of people, and drew them together to work toward a better community. In
Born May 6th 1917 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughter of Rebecca and Alton Jackson, Nancy soon moved with her family to Winchester, Massachusetts, where Nancy and sisters, Becca and Dorothy, spent their formative years. In the mid-30s the family was to move to Wellesley so that Becca and Nancy could attend Wellesley College while living at home. (Dorothy, "DJ", went to Colby.) A Wellesley art professor sparked Nancy's interest in art history, blazing the way for the path she would take in life. A year after
JustWord
eSand
Angela Skene