Martina, Nancy J.
May 20, 1950 - May 1, 2025
(nee Margulis) Of Kenmore, NY, passed away in Boston, MA., after a long illness. She was born to the late Dr. Jonah D. Margulis and Rena Margulis. In her last weeks of hospice, she was surrounded by her loving family. Nancy earned her MA in Social Work at Boston University. She developed a successful career as a psychotherapist. Many clients have reached out the past weeks to express their gratitude for her years of service. Nancy enjoyed a lifelong love of music and became an accomplished oboe and recorder player. She had a wonderful sense of humor, inspired strength and kindness in all, and will leave a legacy of kindness and empathy. Nancy's memory will live on through the love and values she instilled. She will be deeply missed but never forgotten. If you wish to honor Nancy's life of compassion and benevolence, consider donating to the ACLU, Anti-Defamation League, or your local NPR station. A Celebration of Life will be announced at a later date.
Peter Volkert (1968)
I am very sorry to hear this news. I consider Nancy a very good friend from our Amherst years. Unfortunately we never reconnected later. Now I wish I had made that effort. I have so many good memories of our time together in the band. She was such a good oboe player. I always saw Nancy as being smart, happy, wise, and mature. I was made better by knowing her. I was very much impressed by her ability to read volumes, and I think that is such an important influence on one's life. I know little about her life after school, but I can only hope it was happy and full of love. I really miss Nancy.
Peter Volkert
petervolkert@me.com
Glenn Munson (1968)
You are so right, Pete. Those were good days we often forget about and regret not connecting with those that made them that way. She always had a smile. And my ears still ring from sitting in front of the trombones.
Robert W Gerlach (1968)
People will be remembered, not the textbooks.....Nancy bearing up with tuning the band/orchestra instead of the clarinets,
Wendy Yellen (1968)
Just hearing her name makes me feel warm inside. I have fond memories of you Nancy!
Bill McKellin (1968)
Nancy was always vivacious and the steady tuning note for band and orchestra. We stayed in contact during her first 2 years at U of Wisconsin and re-connected many years later after she had returned to Buffalo. She developed a love for the recorder and early music. Though she enjoyed music she took her greatest joy in her son Andrew, who is now an Harvard-trained and affiliated clinical psychiatrist.