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Nancie Keating Hurley 6/15/1927-2/22/11 Nancie Keating Hurley passed away peacefully at Christus-St. Vincent's Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico, early in the morning of February 22, 2011. Born and raised on Long Island, she will be buried in the family plot on the East End, in the town of Westhampton Beach, where her family has lived since the early 1600s. She had lived in New Mexico, in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, since the late 1980s. A graduate of The Spence School in New York City, and Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, she also studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse, School of the Theatre in New York and at the Universite de Laval in Quebec, Canada. Earlier in her life she was a stage actress in New York, and later a social worker and devoted volunteer for the Red Cross and other organizations, including the Junior Leagues of New York and Greenwich, Connecticut, where she lived for many years prior to moving to New Mexico. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Edward, William, Robert, and Pierson Keating; by her former husband, James Lance Hurley, mother Anne Pierson Keating, and father William J. Keating. She leaves behind her loving family, including daughter, Joanna Hurley of Santa Fe; nephew David Keating of Albuquerque; sister Lois Keating Learned of Danbury, Connecticut; and nieces Elizabeth and Mary, also of Connecticut, and Carolyn and Anne Keating of New York City. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Disabled American Veterans and Catholic Charities organizations. There will be a memorial service in Santa Fe at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Berardinelli Family Funeral Service Santa Fe, NM 87505
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