Nancie Elizabeth Flanders was born August 31, 1929 in Oak Bluffs, Ma. She had the serendipitous distinction of being the first baby born in the then new Martha's Vineyard Hospital.
Her father, Kenneth A. Flanders came from a long lineage of Vineyarders from Chilmark. Her mother, Mary Lavare Flanders, known to all as Molly, lived for many years in Menemsha.
Nancie's great-grandfather, Samuel H. Flanders, was the keeper of the Gay Head lighthouse in the mid 1800's, and witnessed the installation of the famed Fresnel lens in 1856. He had fourteen children. Her grandfather, Samuel H. Flanders, Jr., the youngest of them all, was born in the lighthouse.
Nancie was a popular young woman and was known for her beautiful strawberry blond hair and magnetic personality. She spent her summers in Menemsha and attended Brewster Academy and Pembroke College. In January of 1948 she married Frank B. Buell whose parents owned the Home Port restaurant in Menemsha. Frank became her life long soul mate and best friend for the next fifty eight years until his death in 2006.
Frank's career as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation required the family to be stationed in several states over the years. Nancie lived in Connecticut, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois and Maryland, finally retiring to Ellenton, Florida. Nancie and Frank were avid campers and traveled on many Holiday Traveler caravans around the United States, Canada and Mexico. Together they visited every state in the Union. Their travels were often several months in duration. When not traveling they taught square dancing and entertained at many dance events closer to home.
Her chosen career and most joyous part of her life were caring for her family. Her tremendous capacity for love was felt by all who knew her. She would often say that there was more than enough love to go around in her family. She also enjoyed working and volunteering in her church where she served tirelessly in many capacities, all the while strengthening her faith. She steadfastly held to the thought "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings."
In a letter to the editor of the Vineyard Gazette in April of 1943, Eugene H. Damon eulogized Nancie's grandmother, Lillian Hammett Flanders. He wrote: "Samuel Howard, who survives her, can in reverie go back though the happy years they spent together, and be comforted with the thought that he has been one of the most favored of men. He had as a lifelong companion and helpmate whose entire life was devoted to him, the home and the family. Her composure and optimism in trying details of life that come to us all were always reassuring and comforting." These words of eulogy for her grandmother are easily applied to Nancie.
She is survived by her three sons and daughters-in-law, Scott and Jackie, Stephen and Rita, Frankie Jr. and Pam, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, two nieces and two nephews.
Her father, Kenneth A. Flanders came from a long lineage of Vineyarders from Chilmark. Her mother, Mary Lavare Flanders, known to all as Molly, lived for many years in Menemsha.
Nancie's great-grandfather, Samuel H. Flanders, was the keeper of the Gay Head lighthouse in the mid 1800's, and witnessed the installation of the famed Fresnel lens in 1856. He had fourteen children. Her grandfather, Samuel H. Flanders, Jr., the youngest of them all, was born in the lighthouse.
Nancie was a popular young woman and was known for her beautiful strawberry blond hair and magnetic personality. She spent her summers in Menemsha and attended Brewster Academy and Pembroke College. In January of 1948 she married Frank B. Buell whose parents owned the Home Port restaurant in Menemsha. Frank became her life long soul mate and best friend for the next fifty eight years until his death in 2006.
Frank's career as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation required the family to be stationed in several states over the years. Nancie lived in Connecticut, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois and Maryland, finally retiring to Ellenton, Florida. Nancie and Frank were avid campers and traveled on many Holiday Traveler caravans around the United States, Canada and Mexico. Together they visited every state in the Union. Their travels were often several months in duration. When not traveling they taught square dancing and entertained at many dance events closer to home.
Her chosen career and most joyous part of her life were caring for her family. Her tremendous capacity for love was felt by all who knew her. She would often say that there was more than enough love to go around in her family. She also enjoyed working and volunteering in her church where she served tirelessly in many capacities, all the while strengthening her faith. She steadfastly held to the thought "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings."
In a letter to the editor of the Vineyard Gazette in April of 1943, Eugene H. Damon eulogized Nancie's grandmother, Lillian Hammett Flanders. He wrote: "Samuel Howard, who survives her, can in reverie go back though the happy years they spent together, and be comforted with the thought that he has been one of the most favored of men. He had as a lifelong companion and helpmate whose entire life was devoted to him, the home and the family. Her composure and optimism in trying details of life that come to us all were always reassuring and comforting." These words of eulogy for her grandmother are easily applied to Nancie.
She is survived by her three sons and daughters-in-law, Scott and Jackie, Stephen and Rita, Frankie Jr. and Pam, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, two nieces and two nephews.
Nancie Elizabeth Flanders was born August 31, 1929 in Oak Bluffs, Ma. She had the serendipitous distinction of being the first baby born in the then new Martha's Vineyard Hospital.
Her father, Kenneth A. Flanders came from a long lineage of Vineyarders from Chilmark. Her mother, Mary Lavare Flanders, known to all as Molly, lived for many years in Menemsha.
Nancie's great-grandfather, Samuel H. Flanders, was the keeper of the Gay Head lighthouse in the mid 1800's, and witnessed the installation of the famed Fresnel lens in 1856. He had fourteen children. Her grandfather, Samuel H. Flanders, Jr., the youngest of them all, was born in the lighthouse.
Nancie was a popular young woman and was known for her beautiful strawberry blond hair and magnetic personality. She spent her summers in Menemsha and attended Brewster Academy and Pembroke College. In January of 1948 she married Frank B. Buell whose parents owned the Home Port restaurant in Menemsha. Frank became her life long soul mate and best friend for the next fifty eight years until his death in 2006.
Frank's career as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation required the family to be stationed in several states over the years. Nancie lived in Connecticut, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois and Maryland, finally retiring to Ellenton, Florida. Nancie and Frank were avid campers and traveled on many Holiday Traveler caravans around the United States, Canada and Mexico. Together they visited every state in the Union. Their travels were often several months in duration. When not traveling they taught square dancing and entertained at many dance events closer to home.
Her chosen career and most joyous part of her life were caring for her family. Her tremendous capacity for love was felt by all who knew her. She would often say that there was more than enough love to go around in her family. She also enjoyed working and volunteering in her church where she served tirelessly in many capacities, all the while strengthening her faith. She steadfastly held to the thought "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings."
In a letter to the editor of the Vineyard Gazette in April of 1943, Eugene H. Damon eulogized Nancie's grandmother, Lillian Hammett Flanders. He wrote: "Samuel Howard, who survives her, can in reverie go back though the happy years they spent together, and be comforted with the thought that he has been one of the most favored of men. He had as a lifelong companion and helpmate whose entire life was devoted to him, the home and the family. Her composure and optimism in trying details of life that come to us all were always reassuring and comforting." These words of eulogy for her grandmother are easily applied to Nancie.
She is survived by her three sons and daughters-in-law, Scott and Jackie, Stephen and Rita, Frankie Jr. and Pam, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, two nieces and two nephews.
Her father, Kenneth A. Flanders came from a long lineage of Vineyarders from Chilmark. Her mother, Mary Lavare Flanders, known to all as Molly, lived for many years in Menemsha.
Nancie's great-grandfather, Samuel H. Flanders, was the keeper of the Gay Head lighthouse in the mid 1800's, and witnessed the installation of the famed Fresnel lens in 1856. He had fourteen children. Her grandfather, Samuel H. Flanders, Jr., the youngest of them all, was born in the lighthouse.
Nancie was a popular young woman and was known for her beautiful strawberry blond hair and magnetic personality. She spent her summers in Menemsha and attended Brewster Academy and Pembroke College. In January of 1948 she married Frank B. Buell whose parents owned the Home Port restaurant in Menemsha. Frank became her life long soul mate and best friend for the next fifty eight years until his death in 2006.
Frank's career as a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation required the family to be stationed in several states over the years. Nancie lived in Connecticut, Ohio, Missouri, Illinois and Maryland, finally retiring to Ellenton, Florida. Nancie and Frank were avid campers and traveled on many Holiday Traveler caravans around the United States, Canada and Mexico. Together they visited every state in the Union. Their travels were often several months in duration. When not traveling they taught square dancing and entertained at many dance events closer to home.
Her chosen career and most joyous part of her life were caring for her family. Her tremendous capacity for love was felt by all who knew her. She would often say that there was more than enough love to go around in her family. She also enjoyed working and volunteering in her church where she served tirelessly in many capacities, all the while strengthening her faith. She steadfastly held to the thought "To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings."
In a letter to the editor of the Vineyard Gazette in April of 1943, Eugene H. Damon eulogized Nancie's grandmother, Lillian Hammett Flanders. He wrote: "Samuel Howard, who survives her, can in reverie go back though the happy years they spent together, and be comforted with the thought that he has been one of the most favored of men. He had as a lifelong companion and helpmate whose entire life was devoted to him, the home and the family. Her composure and optimism in trying details of life that come to us all were always reassuring and comforting." These words of eulogy for her grandmother are easily applied to Nancie.
She is survived by her three sons and daughters-in-law, Scott and Jackie, Stephen and Rita, Frankie Jr. and Pam, numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren, two nieces and two nephews.
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