Nancy F. Darling was born July 9, 1916 in Kennett Square, to Malcolm and Katharine Dare Farquhar. She was predeceased by her husband, Albert Bennett Darling, two sisters, Katharine Dare Rayne and Caroline Thompson Abrahamson, daughter Marjorie D. Barnard and son-in-law John H. Meyer, but survived by her remaining daughter, Patricia D. Meyer, of Windham, Me. and her son-in-law, Timothy B. Barnard of West Chester, as well as six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren, all of whom reside in New England.
As a resident of Kennett Square for most of her life, she attended Wilmington Friends School, the George School and Bradford Junior College. She was a member of the Society of Friends. She devoted her life to her family and a variety of volunteer organizations including Chester County Hospital Auxiliary, Kennett Beautification Committee and the Tick Tock Shop. She was a founding member of the Spade and Trowel Garden Club, and the Kendal Crosslands Board of Directors. In the early 1970s, she participated with several other local residents to assist in the creation of the Kendal Crosslands Communities. She remained active in the oversight and operation of the facilities. Following the death of her husband, she entered the Crosslands community and resided there for the following twenty-nine years. In this community she developed many friendships that sustained her and was well supported in her later years.
Nancy has been a devoted golfer and tennis player for many years, a member of the Kennett Square Country Club and an active member of the Lake Paupac community in Northeastern, Pa. She will be well remembered for the strength and support she has supplied to her immediate and "greater" families, as a traveling companion with both family and friends and for the delight and pleasure she provided her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
There will be a memorial service at Crosslands at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Crosslands Residents Reserve Fund, P.O. Box 100, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348.
Online condolences may be made by visiting www.griecocares.com
Arrangements by the Kuzo & Grieco Funeral home, Kennett Square, PA
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