Nancy Moss

NANCY L. MOSS

Iowa City

Nancy L. Moss, 86, died peacefully Sunday, Oct. 8, 2017, at her home in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 21, at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service, with burial to follow at Memory Gardens Cemetery in Iowa City. A time of refreshments and fellowship will be held at the funeral home following the cemetery services.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Eastern Iowa Alzheimer's Association in Nancy's memory.

To share a thought, memory or condolence with her family, please go to the funeral home website at www.gayandciha.com.

Nancy was born April 6, 1931, in Iowa City to George and Dorothy Spencer. Nancy attended and graduated from City High School in 1949 and then transitioned to the then State University of Iowa. Nancy married Gerald C. Balloun in 1950 and after his death in an automobile accident, married John V. Moss.

Nancy was a devout member of the Vineyard Church, initially in Muscatine, Iowa, and then in Port St. Lucie. Nancy was, and probably still is, a staunch fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes, as well as the Green Bay Packers. For many decades, Nancy truly enjoyed her job at the University of Iowa in the Financial Aid office, retiring in 1993.

Nancy's family includes her three daughters, Linda of Port St. Lucie, Diana (Maas) of Hagerstown, Md., and Jane of Iowa City; as well as her son, Jerry (Gerald), who preceded her in death; nephew, David Tetzlaff (Daly City, Calif.); grandchildren, Rob Moss (Iowa City), Carl Nelson Jr. (Indianapolis), Brianna Nelson (Port St. Lucie), Brenton Nelson (Columbia, Md.) and Megan Moss (Iowa); and great-grandchildren, Galen Nelson, Elisa van Meur, Alexis Nelson, Carl Nelson III and Thomas White Jr.

Nancy was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Gerald Balloun and John Moss; her son, Jerry; sister, Jane Thompson (Minneapolis); and two great-grandchildren, Gavin and Erin Nelson.