Dartmouth, NS
October 8, 1948 - January 22, 2024
On Monday morning, January 22nd, 2024, Nancy Lee (Walker) Chambers passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Ivany Place Northwood in Bedford , Nova Scotia. A life of courage, grace and near infinite kindness had come to an end. Born October 8th, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec, she was the second daughter of Eileen and Keith Walker.
Following high school, Nancy studied secretarial arts at the Mother House in Montreal before enrolling at Mount Allison University in 1967. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in 1970, her Bachelor of Education in 1971 and married David at the end of that year. As an example of her unique brand of determination, she committed herself to building her life in the Maritimes a thousand kilometres from home, seldom going back for visits and always preferring her family to visit her here.
In her youth, Nancy carried the kind of beauty that could elevate the pulse of strangers on the street. A friend once curiously quipped, “No woman has ever looked better driving a beautiful car!” She didn’t give this gift two thoughts and lived her entire life without one moment of vanity. She relished the challenges of her early teaching career and readily accepted the inconveniences and hardships of life in the country. But when faced with a situation of patent unfairness, she’d pocket the smiles, square her shoulders and stand her ground against any adversary.
Nancy taught at Tantramar High School in Sackville, New Brunswick for 30 years. Although initially planning to teach Home Economics, that never happened and she spent most of her career teaching business education and chairing that department.
Nancy’s life was only a little about work and all about family and friends. Her two children, Anne and Robert, are the thoughtful people they are today because of her tireless nurturing and soft-spoken encouragement. She loved all of her friends, and especially Jane who she revered and with whom she felt most at home.
Nancy loved summers spent at her cottage at Amherst Shore: the last unfulfilled wishes she expressed were to go back to the shore. To honour that request, a celebration of Nancy’s life will be hosted at her cottage (57 Aggermore Point Ln) on June 15th.
Nancy will be forever missed by her husband, David, daughter Anne Stokes and Rick, son Robert and Claire, grandchildren Walker, Lochlan and Ophelia and sister Dianne.
She was predeceased by Brit and Hawthorn, two high spirited Brittany Spaniels, with whom she had very special relationships.
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