Obituary for Nancy-Alice Salisbury (Canfield)
Nancy-Alice Salisbury died at home at the age of 98. She was and will always be the mother of Nelson Stone, Betsy-Jane Reilly, Nancy-Alice Whitney, Christopher Stone, Robin Stone. She was the daughter of Rev. Nelson Canfield and Alice Brown Canfield and was born on May 9,1924 in Manchester, New Hampshire. She was described as a woman who grabbed life by both ears and lived it. She traveled around the world twice, once one way and once the other, she said she did the second trip to get unwound. At the age of 90 she visited her granddaughter and family in Mozambique.
After graduating valedictorian from Castine High School, Castine, Maine in 1942, she attended nursing school and became a Registered Nurse. Her extensive career in nursing saw her certified in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, California, and New York. During that time, she was a charge nurse for the Veterans Administration at the Brooklyn VA Hospital. She then became a Staff Research Nurse for New York University working in pediatric research. In 1971 she entered the U.S. Public Health Nurse Anesthetist program. After completion of the program in 1973 she returned to the U.S. Veterans Hospitals serving as a Nurse Anesthetist in both Kerrville, Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1987 she retired from the Veterans Administration. But, being Nancy, she could not sit still. So, she became the Nursing Supervisor at the Texas State Mental Health Hospital in Kerrville, Texas.
It is easy to see that Nancy-Alice was a health care professional but what is not seen here is her civic mindedness. She was a lifelong Girl Scout, collaborating with both troop and council. She visited all the international Girl Scout/ Girl Guide Centers. She spent several summers as a camp nurse in the Hills of Texas. Her eldest son remembers her stint as Chief Nurse of the Nassau County Civil Defense in the 1950s.
So, Nancy-Alice was many things to many people. Nancy is survived by four children: sons Nelson Stone in Florida and Robin Stone in Texas; and two daughters, Betsy-Jane Reilly in Sanford, Maine, and Nancy-Alice Whitney in Texas, Fifteen grandchildren, Fourteen great grandchildren, and one great, great granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Paul Salisbury in 1987, her first husband, Rex Stone in 2010, and by two sons, Nathan who died in infancy and Christopher who died in 2015.
Nancy-Alice was a faithful parishioner of St. George’s Episcopal Church in Sanford.
A celebration of her wonderful life will be held later in the warm days of summer and will be announced.
Online condolences and tributes may be shared Nancy-Alice’s Book of Memories at www.bibbersautumngreen.com
Arrangements are in the care of Bibber Memorial at Autumn Green, 47 Oak St., in Alfred.
After graduating valedictorian from Castine High School, Castine, Maine in 1942, she attended nursing school and became a Registered Nurse. Her extensive career in nursing saw her certified in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, California, and New York. During that time, she was a charge nurse for the Veterans Administration at the Brooklyn VA Hospital. She then became a Staff Research Nurse for New York University working in pediatric research. In 1971 she entered the U.S. Public Health Nurse Anesthetist program. After completion of the program in 1973 she returned to the U.S. Veterans Hospitals serving as a Nurse Anesthetist in both Kerrville, Texas and Shreveport, Louisiana. In 1987 she retired from the Veterans Administration. But, being Nancy, she could not sit still. So, she became the Nursing Supervisor at the Texas State Mental Health Hospital in Kerrville, Texas.
It is easy to see that Nancy-Alice was a health care professional but what is not seen here is her civic mindedness. She was a lifelong Girl Scout, collaborating with both troop and council. She visited all the international Girl Scout/ Girl Guide Centers. She spent several summers as a camp nurse in the Hills of Texas. Her eldest son remembers her stint as Chief Nurse of the Nassau County Civil Defense in the 1950s.
So, Nancy-Alice was many things to many people. Nancy is survived by four children: sons Nelson Stone in Florida and Robin Stone in Texas; and two daughters, Betsy-Jane Reilly in Sanford, Maine, and Nancy-Alice Whitney in Texas, Fifteen grandchildren, Fourteen great grandchildren, and one great, great granddaughter.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Paul Salisbury in 1987, her first husband, Rex Stone in 2010, and by two sons, Nathan who died in infancy and Christopher who died in 2015.
Nancy-Alice was a faithful parishioner of St. George’s Episcopal Church in Sanford.
A celebration of her wonderful life will be held later in the warm days of summer and will be announced.
Online condolences and tributes may be shared Nancy-Alice’s Book of Memories at www.bibbersautumngreen.com
Arrangements are in the care of Bibber Memorial at Autumn Green, 47 Oak St., in Alfred.