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Nancy Gelvin

Posted: 03/29/2025

URBANA - Nancy Ann Gelvin, 77, passed away at 9:24 a.m. March 19, 2025, in Urbana.Nancy was born Feb. 26, 1948, and grew up in Champaign, having attended Dr. Howard, Edison and Champaign Central schools. She graduated from Presbyterian St. Luke's School of Nursing and worked at that hospital for 28 years.She worked on a medical/oncology unit and then became a nursing supervisor for the medical floors. Nancy always went above and beyond for her patients, receiving many letters and cards of appreciation from them and their families for her care. She moved back to Champaign-Urbana in 2011 and loved "coming back home".She was preceded in death by her grandparents, H.I. and Mabery Gelvin, and Dorothy Mills; parents, Philip and Jane Gelvin; brother, Doug Gelvin; stepmother, Janet Danielson Gelvin; aunt, Rosann Noel; and cousin, Tony Noel.She is survived by her sisters, Linda Yates of New Glarus, Wis., and Susan Gelvin of Champaign; nephew, Chris (Lindsay) Yates of Calif.; niece, Melissa Yat

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