Nancy E. Hanic

Visitation: Monday, January 10, at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City with family receiving friends from 4:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m.

Funeral services: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Hillside Alliance Church in Ashland.

Interment: will follow at the Willow Crossing Cemetery at Ashland.

Nancy E. (Spears) Hanic, age 59, of Miles City passed away on Thursday, January 6, 2005 at the Holy Rosary Health Center in Miles City.

Nancy was born in Miles City, Montana on October 17, 1945, the daughter of Paul and Erma (Bickle) Spears. She attended schools and graduated from Custer County High School in 1963. Nancy worked for many years for the Forest Service and in 1966; she met and married Alfred J. Hanic in Ashland on December 22, 1967. Nancy worked for several years for the U.S. Postal Service in Ashland where she and her husband raised their children. Nancy moved back to Miles City in 1996 after her husband Alfred passed away, and continued working for the U.S. Postal Service. In 1999, she retired and spent the rest of her years doing the things she loved; taking care of her grandchildren, knitting and playing the piano.

Nancy is survived by two sons: Robert Hanic and his wife, Jennifer of Columbia Falls, MT; and Gregory Hanic and his old lady, April of Spearfish, SD; two daughters: Elizabeth Hanic and her significant other, Shannon Gamber of Miles City, MT; and Paulette and her husband, Tony Crump of Miles City, MT; a brother, Charles Spears of Port St. Joe, FL; two sisters: Pat and her husband Gary Helm of Miles City, MT; and Ruth and her husband Dale Bond of Missoula, MT; four grandchildren; Jordan, Lynsey, Kyle, and Kaleb, and by numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Paul and Erma Spears, her husband Alfred Hanic in 1992, and her brother, Eugene Spears.

Visitation will be held on Monday, January 10, 2005 at Stevenson & Sons Funeral Home in Miles City with family receiving friends from 4:00 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at the Hillside Alliance Church in Ashland. Interment will follow at the Willow Crossing Cemetery at Ashland. Condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.stevensonandsons.com