Nancy Susan Wolff Thompson, 64, died at her home in Sparks, Nevada, on Thursday, August 13th, 2015, following a long battle with metastatic breast cancer. Nancy was born and raised in Dayton, Ohio, graduated from high school there in 1969 and from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, in 1973 with a cum laude degree in Journalism.
After graduation she moved to Tucson, Arizona, and worked as Editor of Arizona Waterways for several years before moving to the Black Hills of South Dakota with her husband and infant daughter. While there she worked as a freelance reporter for the Rapid City Journal and several other area newspapers, and as Assistant Office Manager for the Custer SD Chamber of Commerce.
After a move to Vermillion SD she worked as Personal Assistant to the Dean of Education at the University of South Dakota. From 2000 until her retirement in 2008 she worked for the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, first as Personal Assistant to the Field Manager in Winnemucca, Nevada, and lastly as Personal Assistant to the Associate State Director in Reno, Nevada. She died in her sleep at home surrounded by close family. In accordance with her wishes, she will be cremated so that she can be buried with her husband in a National Cemetery upon his death.
For that reason, there will be no services at this time. Nancy is survived by her husband Jamie Thompson, daughter Sarah Fritz and granddaughter Adalynn Fritz, all of Sparks, Nevada.
Nancy was a woman with great personal integrity, who was kind, honest, caring, and a good friend. She was dearly loved and is greatly missed.
