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Nancy Reichard

September 1, 1949 - May 28, 2024
Interlochen, MI

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Nancy Frances Reichard 74, of Interlochen and formerly of Redford, Michigan, died Tuesday, May 28, 2024. Nancy was born at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit in 1949 to two WWII veterans, John Shackley and Lillian Marie Shackley (Collins). Her father died in a car accident when she was a baby and her early years were a struggle for her and her mother, often living with her grandmother Alice Shackley and the Kelly family in Livonia where she attended Franklin High School. Her son David was born soon after and she moved out on her own, living in Phoenix, Las Vegas, Pennsylvania, and then back to the Detroit area around 1976. She worked at Meijer in Royal Oak for 17 years and then was a court clerk in Oak Park for 10 years. After several marriages she married Tom Reichard for 34 years of marriage until her death. Nancy always loved pets and doing volunteer work for the Humane Society and fostered many dogs with the HANDDS Rescue group in Traverse City. Nancy was a very strong, positive, outgoing, woman and had many friends and was known to go out to lunch with someone she just met in line at the grocery store. She will truly be missed by all who knew her. She is survived by husband Tom Reichard, son David Shackley and wife Jennifer, grandchildren Courtney, Joshua, and Chelsea, and cousin Sally Embrey Smith. Donations in Lieu of flowers can be made to Best Friends Rescue in Utah, HANDDS To The Rescue in Traverse City, or the American Cancer Society. Please visit Life Story Funeral Home’s website at www.lifestorytc.com for more info, photos, etc.

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