IN MEMORIAM: Nancy Kiser Feola, 66;
Milford Woman Fought Cancer 19 Months
MILFORD – Nancy Feola (nee Kiser) of Milford, who retired from a 30-year career with the Otsego County Attorney’s Office, lost her gallant 19-month struggle with cancer Monday evening Oct. 5, 2015, at Bassett Hospital. She was 66.
Born April 1, 1949, she was the oldest daughter among six children of Arthur Sr. and Helen (Platt) Kiser. She attended the one-room Westville School from 1954 to 1961, then attended and graduated from Milford Central School, Class of 1967. She earned AAS degree in Secretarial Science in 1970 from Herkimer County Community College.
A life-long Milford/Cooperstown resident, she lived with her husband at their State Highway 166 residence.
She retired from the county attorney’s office in May 2012. It was there that she met and fell in love with Joe Feola, a man she referred to as her “sweet and wonderful fellow.” They were good friends for over 30 years and constant companions for the last 12. They were married Aug, 8, 2014, at the gazebo at Otsego Manor by the Rev. Douglas Deer, then-pastor of First Baptist Church in Cooperstown.
Joe introduced her to the Vintage Sports Car Club of America, and the couple worked as “corner workers” at many club hill climbs in New Hampshire and Vermont. Nancy was an avid Oneonta Yankee fan. Her hobbies included creating and tending her flower garden, attending local events, feeding, loving and caring for any and all animals and birds that visited her many feeders, as well as making the best apple pies in the world. Her loving, caring and nurturing nature will be missed by many.
In addition to her husband and her three kitties, Little One, Tikers and Trouble, she is survived by her father, Arthur Kiser Sr. of Milford; two sisters, Teresa Kiser of Milford and Sue Georgia of Walla Walla, Wash.; three brothers, Art Kiser, Jr. of Milford, Timmy Kiser of Milford, and Richard Kiser of Vestal, and a special nephew, Alex Lubbers of Virginia. She was predeceased by her mother, Helen Kiser.
Calling hours are 4-7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11m at the Tillapaugh Funeral Home, 28 Pioneer St., Cooperstown. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday at First Baptist Church, Elm Street, with former Pastor Deer and current lay pastor Dick Sliter officiating. Burial in the Westville Cemetery will follow.
Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, 19 Elm St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 or to the Susquehanna Animal Shelter, 4841 St. Highway 28, Cooperstown, NY 13326 in Nancy’s memory.
Arrangements are entrusted to Tillapaugh Funeral Service.
