Obituaries

Nancy Jane Knowles, 68, Retired Psychiatric Social Worker

A family memorial service will be held at a later date in Vermont.

Information provided by Cox & Graziano Funeral Home 

Nancy Jane Knowles born on July 12, 1945 in Chicago, IL passed away on July 5th due to complications from diabetes at her home on City Island, NY. 
She graduated from East Woods School in Oyster Bay, NY and St. Margaret's School in Waterbury, CT. Nancy received both her undergraduate and Master’s degrees in Social work from CW Post in Long Island, NY.

An accomplished artist, Nancy lived and painted for many years in Huntington, NY and in Vermont. In 1993 she moved to City Island, NY where she worked until retirement as a Psychiatric Social Worker at the Bronx Psychiatric Center. She will be remembered through her vibrant watercolors of the places that she loved and the people whose lives she changed through her work.

Nancy is survived by her brother, Kenneth E. Knowles; sister-in-law, Martha; niece, Eliza; nephew, William and his wife, Amy; as well as her great-nephew, Will.

A family memorial service will be held at a later date in Vermont. Donations can be made in Nancy’s name to the American Diabetes Association.



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