March 08 1946 July 29 2019
Nancy’s Obituary Nancy Wharton Caperton, died July 29, 2019, at Sunnyside Presbyterian Retirement Community, living the last 4 years of her life with ALS. Through those years she continued to be grateful for and witness to the goodness and beauty of life through her generosity, humility, compassion, grace, sense of humor, and strength of spirit to her family, friends and all those in contact with her. She was born March 8, 1946, in Salisbury, North Carolina, daughter of Dr. Richard Goode and Frances Blackwell Wharton. She attended public schools in Salisbury, received her BS degree from Salem College, Winston Salem, N.C., 1968, and her Medical Technology degree from the Medical College of Virginia, 1969. She worked in the bacteriology labs of MCV until the birth of her first child, 1978. She married William G. Caperton 1974, and the lived in Richmond, Va., Waynesboro, Va., Marshall, Mo., Covington, Va., and Harrisonburg, Va. Her parents preceded her in death, and she is survived by her husband, Bill; two children, Richard Caperton (and Katherine, Washington, DC) and Katherine Gibson (and F., Camden, ME); two step-sons, Anderson Caperton (and Julie, Cornelius, NC) and John Caperton (and Justin Mott, Philadelphia, PA), and three grandchildren, Gaston and Franca Caperton and Ramona Gibson. There will be a memorial service at the Meredith Chapel, Sunnyside, at 1 p.m., Sunday, August 3, 2019. Please make no offerings of flowers, but if you would like to make a contribution in her memory, we would suggest they be made to: ALS Association, DC/MD/VA, 30 W. Gude Dr., Suite 150, Rockville, MD 20850, or Sunnyside Fellowship Fund, 3935 Sunnyside Dr., Suite A, Harrisonburg, VA 22801, or a church or charity of your choice. Read More
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Nancy Wharton Caperton March 08 1946 July 29 2019.
Kyger Funeral Home & Crematory
Death notice for the town of: Harrisonburg, state: Virginia