Nancy Ann Fjellanger

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Nancy Ann Fjellanger (nee Schmidt), 74, of Chester, SD passed away December 27, 2016 after suffering from heart failure.

Funeral services will begin at 1:00 PM Friday, December 30, 2016 at Minnehaha Funeral Home Chapel in Dell Rapids. Interment will be in Highland Lutheran Cemetery, rural Sherman. Visitation with the family present will be from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Thursday, December 29, 2016 at the funeral home.

Nancy, born April 3, 1942, was the daughter of Clarence F. Schmidt and Ann E. (Meyer) Schmidt of Sioux Falls, SD. She was the older of two daughters.

After graduating from Washington Senior High School in Sioux Falls she worked at Raven Industries before becoming a licensed daycare provider.

Nancy married James E. Spars in 1962 and they had two children, a son, Curtis and a daughter, Stephanie. She had a second daughter, Anne from her second marriage. She married Gordon Fjellanger in 1991. They moved to her beloved Lake Brandt in 1997 where she enjoyed boating, gardening and other outdoor activities. A keen mind, she loved history and debating politics.

She is survived by her daughters, Stephanie (Johannes) of Vermillion, SD and Anne (Lee) of Egan, SD; step-children, Terry, Butch, Wendy and Clarence along with her sister, Patricia DeVaney. A beloved grandmother, she had three grandchildren, Willow, Leeanne and Leland and two step-grandchildren, Kayla and Ashley. She was preceded in death by her son, Curtis; husband, Gordon and her parents.