Nancy Jo Spadafore Benville died on October 2, 2021 of heart failure, secondary to aortic stenosis.
Nancy taught at Concord Elementary School in Oak Grove for many years, and her greatest joy as a teacher was to help struggling students become good readers.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Lewis, to whom she was married for 59 years, and is survived by her children, Luanne (Roger) Nilsen and Jim (Denise) Benville; five grandchildren, Michelle (Chris) Wheatley, Laura (Cole) Munro, Conrad Nilsen (Morgan Bale), Julia Benville, and Ethan Benville; two great-grandchildren, Evan Wheatley and Madison Munro; and sister, Janet McIntyre.