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Nancy Nadine (Starry) Williams was born June 10, 1942, to Mary Agnes Cain and Ralph LaVern Starry on the Starry farm near Williams in Adams County. Nancy was the second of five children born to Ralph and Mary.
Nancy attended Cromwell High School, graduating in 1961 with honors. Nancy married Bill Williams Sept. 3 of the same year in Lenox at the United Methodist Church.
Soon after, they moved to Omaha, Nebraska, where Bill took employment with his cousin’s car dealership, what would become Baxter Motors.
After this move into the Benton Neighborhood of Omaha, their son Kevin was born April 1, 1964.
At a young age Kevin was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes during a time when little was known about this condition. Nancy took on the role of wife, mother and caregiver, learning all she could about diabetes and becoming active in finding a cure for this disease. Outside of the home, Nancy worked in the insurance industry in Omaha, working with Woodsman’s and Blue Cross & Blue Shield.
In her spare time she loved to be surrounded by her extended family. She took an interest in all of her nieces and nephews and looked forward to seeing them every chance she had up until her very last day. She was a surrogate mother and grandmother to many close friends. She enjoyed country music, trips to Branson and adored her family.
Nancy departed her earthly body Jan. 8, 2024, at MercyOne Hospital in Des Moines, with the love and support of her care team and family
Preceding Nancy in death were her parents, Mary and Ralph Starry; husband, Bill; son, Kevin; brother, Dale Starry; sisters-in law Dorothy Stoaks and Judy Starry; brothers-in-law, Marvin Stoaks and Brian Curtis and niece, Jana Curtis.
Left to carry on her memory are brother, LaVern (Maxine) Starry of Enterprise, Alabama; sisters, Kathy Curtis of Des Moines and Karen (Wayne) Pottinger; sister-in-law, Norma Reed of Lenox; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and her caregiver, Joleen Wray of Indianola.
A private family prayer service was held at Simplify Cremations & Funerals in Des Moines. Burial of cremated remains will take place at a later date.