Nancy H. Peters

NANCY HALPER PETERS, 78, PASSED AWAY VERY PEACEFULLY ON OCTOBER 18, 2024 IN NEW ALBANY, OHIO. NANCY HAD AN INFECTIOUS SMILE THAT WOULD LIGHT UP A ROOM. SHE WAS AN AMAZING WIFE, MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, FRIEND, AUNT, COUSIN AND EVERYTHING ELSE.

NANCY WAS BORN TO SAUL AND DOROTHY HALPER ON JANUARY 22, 1946 IN CINCINNATI, OH. NANCY WAS THE PRINCESS IN BETWEEN HER ORNERY OLDER BROTHER FRED, AND HER LITTLE PROFESSOR YOUNGER BROTHER, STEVE. NANCY WAS ADORED AS A CHILD. SHE GREW INTO A BEAUTIFUL, SMART, YOUNG LADY, GRADUATING FROM WOODWARD HIGH SCHOOL IN 1963, THEN SHE GRADUATED FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI WITH AN UNDERGRADUATE DEGREE.

NANCY MET HER FIRST HUSBAND, BILL FRIEDMAN, WHILE STUDYING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI WHEN SHE WAS 19 YEARS OLD. BILL WASN’T GOING TO LET NANCY GO, AND THEY MARRIED IN 1966 AND MOVED TO COLUMBUS, OHIO. THEY MOVED TO THE OLD ORCHARD NEIGHBORHOOD IN COLUMBUS, AND BECAME BEST FRIENDS WITH ELAINE AND NATE GOLDBERG, A FRIENDSHIP THAT WOULD ENDURE A LIFETIME. NANCY TAUGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR COLUMBUS PUBLIC SCHOOLS UNTIL SHE GAVE BIRTH TO HER ONLY CHILD, SCOTT FRIEDMAN, IN 1971.

A TERRIFIC YOUNG MOTHER, NANCY STAYED HOME WITH SCOTT AND EVENTUALLY WOULD SLOWLY RETURN TO TEACHING. NANCY EASILY MADE FRIENDS AND NEVER MET A STRANGER. SHE LOVED TO BE ACTIVE, PLAYING TENNIS, SKIING, SOCIALIZING, AND TRAVELING. WHEN HER MARRIAGE TO BILL ENDED, SHE BECAME ONE OF THE MOST ELIGIBLE BACHELORETTES IN CENTRAL OHIO.

NANCY RAISED SCOTT, TAUGHT SCHOOL, AND WORKED TO EARN HER MASTER’S DEGREE IN EDUCATION FROM THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.

IN 1995, NANCY MET HER TRUE LOVE, DALE PETERS. THEY MARRIED IN 1996 AND MOVED TO NEW ALBANY. NANCY AND DALE WERE REGULARS AT THE NEW ALBANY COUNTRY CLUB, GOLFING, PLAYING TENNIS, AND SOCIALIZING. LIFE WAS AMAZING.

THEN IN 2006 AT AGE 60, NANCY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS. THIS WOULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF THE REST OF HER LIFE. DALE BECAME SICK IN 2008 AND HE PASSED AWAY IN 2011. DALE’S PASSING WAS DEVESTATING FOR NANCY. HER MS QUICKLY BECAME WORSE AND PROGRESSED TO A POINT WHERE SHE COULD NOT LIVE ON HER OWN. DESPITE NANCY’S MS BEING DEVESTATING TO HER BODY PHYSICALLY, SHE ALWAYS HAD A SMILE TO GREET FAMILY, FRIENDS, CAREGIVERS, AND EVEN STRANGERS. SHE SUFFERED PHYSICALLY FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. HER BODY WAS BROKEN, BUT NOT HER MIND.

NANCY ADORED HER SON SCOTT, AND HIS WIFE KERSTIN, AND THEIR CHILDREN, DAVIS, WILL, LENA, RILEY, AND MILES.

NANCY IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, DALE PETERS, HER PARENTS, SAUL AND DOROTHY HALPER, HER BROTHER, FRED HALPER, HER GREAT NIECE, AUMNIE HALPER, HER UNOFFICAL ADOPTED DAUGHTER, MELISSA GOLDBERG AND MANY OTHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

THE FAMILY WISHES TO THANK ALL THE CARE PROVIDERS AT SMITHS MILL IN NEW ALBANY AND HER HOSPICE TEAM AT ZUSMAN HOSPICE.

FUNERAL SERVICES FOR NANCY WILL BE HELD AT TEMPLE ISRAEL IN COLUMBUS LOCATED AT 3100 EAST BROAD STREET ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2024 AT 1:00PM. INTERMENT WILL FOLLOW AT FOREST LAWN CEMETERY TEMPLE ISRAEL SIDE. SHIVA WILL BE OBSERVED AT THE HOME OF SCOTT AND KERSTIN FRIEDMAN 7706 SUTTON PLACE, NEW ALBANY ON TUESDAY OCTOBER 22, 2024 FROM 5:00PM-7:00PM AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 23, 2024 FROM 5:00PM-7:00PM.

THE FAMILY REQUESTS DONATIONS BE MADE TO EITHER THE NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY OHIO CHAPTER, OR ZUSMAN HOSPICE.

NANCY WILL BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW HER, BUT HER BODY IS NOW FREE FROM THE PAIN SHE ENDURED THESE LAST YEARS.