Nancy Claire O'Day's Obituary
Nancy Claire O’Day, age 86 of Rehoboth Beach, DE, passed away at home surrounded by her loving family on Friday, September 15, 2023. She was born on December 28, 1936, in Cambridge, MD, daughter of the late Alton and Anna Culver O’Day.
Nancy graduated from Seaford High School, Class of 1954 and went on to graduate from Goldey-Beacom College in Wilmington, DE. She retired from E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Co. Inc., with 20 years of service in their Wilmington and Seaford locations, as staff secretary. Nancy then worked for friends that owned Captain’s Galley II in Ocean City, MD for 28 years. A loving and devoted mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, she will be forever missed by all who knew her.
Nancy is survived by her son, Michael A. Lankford; her daughter, Michelle A. Lankford; and her granddaughter, Courtney Savage, all of Rehoboth Beach, DE; her great-grandchildren: Aubrey, Beckett, and Kennedy Savage; her sister; Melody O. Whitelock of Salisbury, MD; her nephews: Joseph Whitelock and Darryl Whitelock; and her nieces: Tracey Du Vaul and Melody Shawn Whitelock.
Services will be private.
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