Gilmanton----Nancy Tilton Sleeper Twombly, 89, of 35 Stone Road, died at the Peabody Home, Franklin, NH on Thursday, September 27, 2012.
Mrs. Twombly was born April 6, 1923 in Laconia, NH, the daughter of E. Harington and Elizabeth (Stiles) Tilton. She was a longtime resident of Laconia before she moved to Gilmanton seventeen years ago in 1995.
Mrs. Twombly was a member of the Civil Air Patrol during WWII from 1942-1943. She later graduated from the Waltham Hospital School of Nursing in 1951. She was a registered nurse for thirty-five years and was employed at various hospitals and nursing homes throughout her career. She retired in 1985. She was an active member of the Gilmanton Community Church and enjoyed swimming, horseback riding, skiing, ice skating, tennis, and was an avid reader.
Survivors include a son, Anthony R. Sleeper, and his wife, Jeanne, of Hudson, FL; three granddaughters, Tina Green and her husband, Jeff Green, of Mechanicsville, MD; Kimberly Verbanic and her husband Michael Verbanic of Charlotte, NC; Melissa Weatherly and her husband Richard Weatherly, of Lemoore, CA. Seven great grandkids survive Mrs Twombly: Ashley Sleeper, Brittany Sleeper, Brandon Raum, Jesse DeStacy, Michael Hofmann Weatherly, Jacob Green, and Alexcis Green; and one great, great, grandchild: Jackson Alexander Cramer.
In addition to her parents, Mrs. Twombly was predeceased by her first husband, Col. Raymond Sleeper, who was a member of the U .S. Army Air Corps and died in April of 1995; her second husband, Benjamin K. Twombly, who was in the US Army and died in April of 2009; her brother, Stephen Tilton, of Boston, MA; and her step-sister, Patricia Boychock and a grandson, Michael Sleeper of Maryland.
There will be no calling hours.
A Graveside Service will be held on Tuesday, October 2, 2012 at 1:00pm at the family lot in the Smith Meeting House Road Cemetery, Gilmanton, NH.
For those who wish, the family suggests that memorial donations be made to the New Hampshire Humane Society, PO Box 572, Laconia, NH 03247 or to the Gilmanton Community Church, PO Box 6, 1807 NH Route 140, Gilmanton, NH 03837.
Wilkinson-Beane-Simoneau-Paquette Funeral Home, 164 Pleasant Street, Laconia, NH is assisting the family with the arrangements.