Nancy Sellers

Nancy Sellers died at Fountainview Center March 2 after a ten year struggle with Parkinson’s disease. She was born in East Aurora, N.Y. September 16, 1926. She grew up there and in Highland Park, IL. Her family moved to Atlanta in 1946, where she met and married Thomas Sellers Tom, M.D. She and he shared 63 wonderful married years together. She was a highly skilled amateur painter with oils and watercolor. She loved young children and was a kindergarten teacher many years. In 1968 she recognized the need for kindergarten experiences for underprivileged children whose parents could not afford tuition, so she started a free kindergarten for these children in her basement. Soon enrollment exceeded the capacity of the basement, so she was able to transplant her project to the sponsorship of the Peachtree Presbyterian Church. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three children, Wade, Rick Sonja and Janet Stephenson Gordon, nine grandchildren and one great-granddaughter, as well as two sisters, Bette Hansen and Gloria Link of Atlanta. The body was cremated. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 17 at 11 A.M. in the sanctuary at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 3434 Roswell Rd. Atlanta 30305. The family will meet friends afterwards in the Williams Center at the church.