Nancy J. Scales, 73 of Tinley Park, passed away on July 12, 2024, after a courageous 28-month fight with cancer at Sunrise Assisted Living in Willowbrook.
Born in 1950 in Ottawa to William J. and Drue Redshaw Scales, Nancy graduated from Illinois State University with a degree in teaching and spent several years working with special needs children before going on to work in retail at Bergner's and Carson Pirie Scott. She was a member of the Morrison Music Theater Association, participating as a cast member and costume maker; an active choir member in the Ottawa Congregational Church; and a proud member of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Nancy was a prolific reader, an avid seamstress and a devotee of musicals and theater. Her favorite vacation was always a warm and sunny beach, which she managed to visit one last time during her battle with cancer. Nancy's uniquely caring, fun-loving nature and humor will be dearly missed.
She is survived by her brother, Bill Scales; her nieces and nephews, Rob (Julie) Saunders of Hinsdale, Beth (Tony) Schofield, Gretchen (Patrick) Buchanan, Chris (Melissa) Scales and Heidi (Garrett) Spencer; and her great-nieces and -nephews, Jack and Andrew Saunders, Ethan and Hailey Schofield, Alexander and Grace Buchanan, Patrick Scales-Ramsey, William Ramsey-Scales and Felicity, Maverick and Maxwell Spencer. She was preceded in death by her sister, Chris Saunders; and her parents.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
Memorials may be made online at http://www.nbtsevents.braintumor.org/fundraiser/5636333.
Brian Powell Funeral Directors of Hinsdale handled the arrangements.
