Nancy Wilson Lampe of Summit, N.J., and Nantucket, Mass., died peacefully Dec. 3, 2019, at home in Summit in the company of her beloved Labrador Retriever Summer, her caregiver and surrogate daughter, Sofia, and her sister, DeeDee.
Nan, as she preferred, was born July 10, 1946 in Abington, Pa.; she was a graduate of Abington Friends School and Muskingum University and attended the University of Pennsylvania. She was a member of Calvary Episcopal Church in Summit, St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Nantucket, Pennsylvania Horticulture Society and the Nantucket Garden Club.
She volunteered for many organizations including: St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center, American Red Cross, Nantucket Historical Society, etc. Nan was an avid gardener, enjoyed cooking and entertaining, and had passports full of stamps from her varied travel adventures. But her main passion was breeding and loving Labrador Retrievers.
Nan was predeceased by her parents, Pauline Stayer and William R. Wilson, and her husband, John S. Lampe. She is survived by her brother, Robert Wilson and wife Nancy Beard Wilson of Kentfield, Calif.; her sister, Doris W. (DeeDee) Perry of Cohasset, Mass.; her nephews and niece, Stephen Perry, Beth Brown, Benjamin Wilson and Andrew Wilson; and grandnephew and nieces: Fiona Wilson, Tony Wilson, Erica Brown and Sophie Wilson.