Nancy Conboy 1934-2016
Nancy June Wahwassuck Conboy, Wabnoquah, 84, Mayetta, died Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2016, at her home on the Potawatomi Reservation.
She was born June 30, 1932, on the reservation, the daughter of John and Josette Nagonbe Wahwassuck.
Mrs. Conboy had worked for the Honeywell Corporation in Philadelphia for many years, retiring in the 1990s.
She was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and the Drum Religion.
She married Peter J. Conboy Jr. on June 16, 1961, in Miami, Okla. He died in September 2002.
She was also preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Alice Marie Conboy Gartland; three sisters, Florence “Gumpy” Ross, Twila “Charlie” Lee and Mamie Rupnicki; and five brothers, John “Doc” Wahwassuck Jr., Jewett “Swede” Wahwassuck, Raphael “Bugger” Wahwassuck Sr., Henry Wahwassuck, and a brother who died in childhood.
Survivors include two daughters, Rencie Eteeyan and Josette Wahwassuck Whitlock, both of Mayetta; three brothers, Peter Wahwassuck, in Washington, James Wahwassuck, Delia, and Merriell “Meatball” Wahwassuck Sr., Mayetta; four grandchildren, Jessica Medicinebird, Samantha L. Wahwassuck, Barush Eteeyan Escamilla and Arnen Eteeyan Escamilla; three great-grandchildren, Andre Joe Kitchkommie, Kiyah R. Kitchkommie and Leo A. Wahquahbushkuk; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Drum services will be held Thursday evening, Oct. 6 at the Dance Ground west of Mayetta. Burial will be held Friday afternoon in Wahwassuck Cemetery. Mrs. Conboy will lie in state Wednesday, Oct. 5 at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hoyt, where visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
