Nancy J. O’Hora, 87, of South Cove Road in Burlington, Vt., passed away peacefully on June 8, 2025, at Birchwood Terrace long-term care.
She was born on October 18, 1937, in Milwaukee, the daughter of Daniel L. and Beatrice M. (Gessler) Jacobson. She graduated from West High School in Madison, Wis., in 1956 and from the University of Vermont in 1979 with a bachelor of science degree in housing and design. She married her husband, Dennis E. O’Hora, at Our Lady Queen of Peace in Madison on June 29, 1957.
Nancy is survived by her husband of 67 years; her sister and her spouse, Joanna Jacobson and Stuart Richter, of Madison, Wis.; her four daughters and their spouses: Denise and David Webb of Deerfield, Wis., Jeanine and Michael Whyte of Innisfil, Ontario, Canada, Sandra O’Hora of Hinesburg, Vt., and Jennifer and David Lawrence of Middletown, R.I.; eight grandchildren, Lauren Webb Secrist, Phillip Culotta, Julie Watson, Patrick Dennis Fullem, Jade and Justin Jenny, Alanna Lawrence Couillard, and Julia Lawrence; four great-grandchildren, Blain and Reid Watson, and Arlis and Callen Secrist; several Jacobson and O’Hora nieces and nephews; her Hulder and Gessler cousins; and many dear friends. Nancy was predeceased by her father, Daniel, in 1994; her mother, Beatrice, in 2007; and her brother, Richard Jacobson, in 2011.
Nancy’s husband and daughters thank the Birchwood Terrace Rehabilitation and Healthcare staff, especially Mel, Tom and Lynne, and the University of Vermont health providers for the kind and compassionate care they provided Nancy during her three-year stay at Birchwood Terrace.
A graveside service will be held on September 26, 2025, at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery in Madison, Wis. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Bright Focus Foundation for Alzheimer’s Disease Research at donate.brightfocus.org.
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This article appears in Sept 24-30 2025.