Nancy J. (Currier) Rossi

Nancy J. (Currier) Rossi, 90, of Sandusky,  a longtime area businesswoman, passed away peacefully early Monday morning, May 27, 2024, surrounded by her family in the Stein Hospice Care Center, Sandusky. 

   Born on January 20, 1934, in Oberlin, OH the daughter of Leon Coates and Helen Angeline (Dudley) Currier.  She was a 1952 graduate of Henrietta High School.  Over the years, she has helped thousands of women dress for their weddings as the owner of The Brides World.  Nancy helped open the store, which is celebrating its 60th year of business this year, on the balcony of the old Frankel women's department store in downtown Sandusky in 1964.  The store moved to a standalone store on Columbus Avenue in a building that is currently part of the State Theater complex, and eventually to its current location in 1977 across from Sandusky High School on Perkins Avenue.  She remained a full-time worker in the store well into her 80s and even tried to work one day a week over the last five months after she had turned 90, helping brides, their wedding party and their mothers.

   Nancy was a member of the Huron United Methodist Church, the Sandusky Orioles Club Nest # 279 and the I.A.B. Ladies Auxiliary.

   She is survived by her children, Dan (Josie) Angelo of Sandusky and DeAnn (Joe) McKillips of  Norwalk; her grandchildren,  Celia (Mike) Carbo, Katy (Justin) Willis, Christian Angelo, Joshua (Nathania) Johnson, and Emily (Easton Spangenberg) McKillips, step-grandson, Eric (Autumn) McKillips; her great grandchildren, Nicholas Johnson, Kayla (Brett) Langley, Ella McKillips (with brother on the way in June), Emery Angelo and Michael Carbo, Jr.;  her stepchildren, Michael Rossi, Mark (Karen) Rossi, Bradley (Jeanne) Rossi, Chrisanne (Richard) McNeil; her step grandchildren, Morgan (Joe) Eberling, Madelyn McNeil, Laura Rossi and Brad, Brian (Kayla) Rossi, Brendan Rossi, Dominic Rossi, Margaret Rossi; and five step-great grandchildren.

   Nancy was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, G. Walter Dunlap (1991), Frank R. "Dick" Rossi (2021);  two sisters, Joyce Glime and Jean Straub; and her three brothers, Joe, Walter and Gerald Currier.

   It was her wish to be cremated.  The family will receive friends on Friday morning, June 7, 2024, from 10:00 am  until time of the memorial service at 11:00 am at the Huron United Methodist Church, 338 Williams Street, Huron, OH.   Rev. Pam Sayre officiating.  Burial will be held later in the Camden Township Cemetery, in Kipton, OH.

   The family suggests that memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the Huron United Methodist Church, 338 Williams Street, Huron, OH 44839 or to Back To The Wild, P.O. Box 423, 4504 Bardshar Road, Castalia, OH 44824.

   Arrangements are entrusted to the David F. Koch Funeral and Cremation Services, 520 Columbus Avenue, Sandusky.

   Your memories and words of comfort may be shared with Nancy's family at davidfkoch.com.

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