Obituary of Nancy L. Spaeth

Nancy Louise Wiltbank Spaeth, daughter of the late George Earl Wiltbank and Eleanor Stone Wiltbank, homemaker and artist, died peacefully on June 27, at Cathedral Village, where she had lived for 23 years. She was ninety-five-and-a-half years old. Nancy was born in Philadelphia, graduated from Germantown Friends School in 1938 and Wellesley College in 1942, where she received a BA in Botany. She also studied French extensively throughout her life, as well as art history and studio art, and took studio art classes at the Woodmere Art Museum, the Allens Lane Art Center and at the Conshohocken and Greater Norristown Art Leagues. She was especially proficient in watercolors and pastels. Nancy loved gardening at her homes in Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill, as well as at her summer home on Squirrel Island, Maine, and served on the grounds committee at Cathedral Village. She volunteered for Prints in Progress in Germantown, and at Stenton Mansion, while her children were growing up, and was a member of the Colonial Dames, the Society of Mayflower Descendants and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Nancy also taught nursery school, when she lived for a time in Bethesda MD. Nancy was predeceased by her beloved husband of 73 years, Judge Edmund B. Spaeth, Jr., whom she had known since 4th grade at Germantown Friends School. Her younger sister, Barbara (Allen) also predeceased her. Nancy is survived by her 3 children: Eleanor Lee Simons (Charles Beury), Suzanne Marinell, and Edmund B. Spaeth, III (Marjorie) as well as 4 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 630 E. Cathedral Road, Philadelphia, PA 19128, on Sunday, July 10th at 1:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to the Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue, https://www.dvgrr.org/, 60 Vera Cruz Road, Reinholds, PA 17569?.