Nancy Lehrle Davies Wenzel

Nancy Lehrle Davies Wenzel passed peacefully on September 17, 2024 at Garden Spot Village in New Holland, Pennsylvania.

Nancy was born in Scranton and was a 1948 graduate of Central High School. Nancy then graduated from Wilson College in Chambersburg, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in English and History. Nancy maintained a Life Membership in the Wilson College Club of Philadelphia. During her college years, Nancy interned at a camp for underprivileged New York City children, first as a counselor then subsequent leadership faculty.

Upon college graduation, Nancy was employed by the Lancaster Office of the Public Welfare Department, visiting needy families throughout the Lancaster region. From there, Nancy moved to New York City, where she worked for the Women’s Prison Bureau of the Salvation Army transporting drug addicts across town to recovery centers. Later she worked in the Marketing Department of the International Salt Company in Scranton.

Nancy was a member of Wayne Presbyterian Church. She was an active member of the AAUW. Nancy was a member of the Arts Council of the Main Line YMCA and chaired several of their annual Arts Show fundraisers. Nancy volunteered with her daughters’ PTA as well as many roles during her daughters’ Girl Scout years, including troop leader and regional cookie chair.

Nancy was also a 25-year volunteer at the Paoli Memorial Hospital in the gift shop and Devon Horse Show. Upon moving to Garden Spot Village, Nancy continued her volunteering in the gift shop and the Garden Spot library for many years. Nancy was a twenty-five-year-old member of the Philadelphia Orchestra Association. She was a longtime member, Steward, and Treasurer of the Welsh Society of Philadelphia. During the USA bicentennial, Nancy toured visitors as a docent in Valley Forge Park.

A consummate student, Nancy frequently enrolled in a variety of courses at the Main line Night School. She also took additional college courses in accounting and maintained her business skills by updating the Tax Law Records of several clients in the Valley Forge Area.

Nancy’s inherent interest in horticulture led her to become a longtime member and officer in the Valley Forge Garden Club and competed many times with her flower arrangements. Together the members volunteered at the Philadelphia Flower Show and in holiday decorating of many homes in Philadelphia’s Fairmont Park.

Predeceased by her parents Marjorie Mead and Thomas D. Davies, of Scranton, and by her two sisters June Singlevich of Ridgewood, New Jersey and Constance Hubbard of Emerson, New Jersey.

Nancy married Charles David Wenzel, also of Scranton, 69 years ago. Together they raised three daughters Cecily of Cincinnati, Ohio, Lehrle and her husband Rob Kieffer of Caribou, Maine, and Amy and her husband Eric Spieth, of Westlake, Ohio. In their later years, Nancy and Chick traveled extensively together, their many adventures taking them throughout the US and many countries.

Nancy fiercely loved her family, including her grand and great grandchildren Alison Kieffer, Lydia and her husband Matt Till and their two daughters Wilhelmina & Leonora, Ginger and her husband Caleb Buck and their daughter Kaia & expectant sibling, Kevin Spieth, and Jenna Spieth.

A private interment will be at the Dunmore Cemetery in Scranton. A private memorial service is planned for the family.

Beck Funeral Home in New Holland is entrusted with the funeral arrangements.