NANCY STURGIS

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MANSON - Nancy Sturgis, 59, died Tuesday, March 31, at her home in Manson following a courageous battle with cancer. Funeral services will be held Saturday, April 4, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Manson with Pastor Stephen Sherer officiating. Larson-Weishaar Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements with the body to be cremated. Visitation will be on Friday, April 3, at Larson-Weishaar Funeral Home in Manson from 4 to 7 p.m. with the family to be present.

Nancy Lee Aschenbrenner was born on June 24, 1949, in Laurens, the daughter of Lee and Inie Aschenbrenner. She was raised on a farm northwest of Pocahontas and attended grade school in Ware and Pocahontas, graduating from Pocahontas High School in 1967. She married Ron Sturgis on October 21, 1967, in Pocahontas and the couple resided in Brookings, South Dakota, and then in Boston Mass., and Rothwesten, West Germany, while in college and in the U.S. Army. They moved to Manson in 1972 where Nancy was employed for 23 years with the Good Samaritan Center and then as a physical therapy assistant with Rehab Visions and Key Rehab working at Trinity Regional Hospital and Friendship Haven in Fort Dodge. She became the project manager at Golden Meadows in Manson in January of 2004 where she was employed at the time of her death. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Manson.

She is survived by her husband, Ron; sons, Jason (Kris) Sturgis, Golden Valley, Minn.; Josh (Sarah) Sturgis, Manson; a daughter, Ashley Sturgis, of Sioux City; three granddaughters and a recently arrived grandson born on March 19; two sisters, Jo (Myron) Rouse, Kansas City, Mo.; Charlene (Lew) Stutsman, Des Moines; her extended Golden Meadows family; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant sister, Beverly.

An avid reader and lover of people, Nancy devoted her life to working with the elderly and was an advocate for many.

In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to Trinity Hospice.