Nancy Boyd, 62 of Hurley, died on Tuesday, December 17, 2019 at her home under hospice care surrounded by her family. Memorial Services will be at 11:00am Saturday, December 21, 2019 at the United Methodist Church in Hurley. Visitation will be from 5-7pm Friday, December 20, 2019 at the church with a Prayer Service starting at 7:00. Burial will be at a later date upon completion of the State Veterans Cemetery at Sioux Falls. Arrangements by Hofmeister Jones Funeral Home.
Nancy Kae Fischer was born on August 18, 1957 at Sioux Falls, SD to Johnnie and Mabel (Schoffelman) Fischer. They family lived south of Wall Lake until her father died in 1967 and the family moved into Lennox. After graduating from Lennox High School in 1975 she served in the US Army. While in the service she was in the military police canine unit, having been stationed in Korea for a year. After serving for nearly four years and a year in the Army National Guard she was honorable discharged. She lived in Euclid, Ohio and Lennox for a time before moving to Hurley where she raised dogs. For 20 years she was employed as a welder at Koyker Industries in Lennox. In 2020 the new distribution center for Sioux Steel will be named in her honor.
Nancy grew up attending the Germantown Presbyterian Church and has been a member of the United Methodist Church since moving to Hurley. In March of 2017 she gave the gift of life donating a kidney to her brother Harlay. She was an active volunteer at the dialysis center lending emotional support to the patients and also volunteered helping serve meals at The Banquet.
Grateful for having shared her life are her 4 children, Amanda of Hurley, Brenda of Lennox, Donald and wife Aimee, Kansas City, MO and Christopher of Lennox; her grandchildren Caden and Jordin Bott; 7 brothers and sisters, Joyce (Kennard) Simonsen, Hurley, Earl (Kyra) Fischer, Lennox, Jolene (Douglas) Berens, Swan Lake, Eldonna (Randy) Hanisch, Lennox, Wayne (Amy) Fischer, Lennox, Harlay Fischer, Lennox, and MaryJo (Timothy) Hooten, Quitman, AR; a step brother and sister, Edwin (Rose) Johnson, Lennox and Sharon (Gaylord) Hansen, Hartford; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
In lieu of flowers memorials maybe made in memory of Nancy to the Sanford Kidney Transplant Center, 1205 S. Grange Avenue #201, Sioux Falls, SD 57105
