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Nancy Hari, 75, of Rankin,

Nancy Hari, 75, of Rankin, IL passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2018 at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. She was born December 30, 1942 to Lorin and Louise (Smith) Nease of Rankin. She graduated from Rankin High School as valedictorian in 1961. On June 4, 1961 she married Dennis Hari in Rankin.

In the fall of 1961 she started college at Illinois State University in elementary education. In 1964 she started teaching in East Lynn and then Hoopeston. She retired after 30 years of teaching elementary students.

She loved to read, garden, sewing, and playing with grandkids. After retirement Nancy and her husband spent 19 summers fishing at their place in Northern Wisconsin and traveling the world, visiting all 7 continents.

Nancy was preceded in death by her parents, Lorin and Louise Nease; her sister, Phyllis Hulmes; one brother, Robert “Bob” Nease; and two sisters, Shirley and Patti, who died shortly after birth.

She is survived by her husband Dennis; two daughters, Kathy (Lewis) Brown of Rankin and Terri (Casey) Skelton of St. Louis; five grandchildren, Nathan, Grace, and Allison Skelton and Anna and Eva Brown; three sisters, Beverly Overbey of Rankin, Carolyn Unzicker of Champaign, and Jean Swanson of Laurens, Iowa; and two brothers, Tom (Dolly) Nease and Larry (Pam) Nease both of Effingham.

She will be sadly missed by her husband, daughters, grandchildren, and the rest of her family and friends.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, June 22, 2018 at Rankin United Methodist Church. Rev. Charlie Graul will officiate. Burial will follow in Rankin Union Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, 2018 at Knapp Funeral Home in Cissna Park as well as one hour prior to the funeral services on Friday at church.

Memorials may be made to the Rankin Library or the Rankin United Methodist Church where she was a long time member.

Please share a memory of Nancy at www.knappfuneralhomes.com.

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