{"id":110951,"date":"2020-02-06T11:32:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110951"},"modified":"2020-02-06T11:32:21","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T16:32:21","slug":"madison-county-reads-ahead-remembers-nancy-stratton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=110951","title":{"rendered":"Madison County Reads Ahead remembers Nancy Stratton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Obits.jpg?resize=300%2C138&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Obits.jpg?resize=300%2C138&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Obits.jpg?resize=150%2C69&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Obits.jpg?resize=400%2C184&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Obits.jpg?w=450&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nancy Stratton was a friendly face at the Oneida Public\nLibrary for many years. Since 2003, Nancy tutored several ethnic community\nmembers, helping them improve their conversational English. Along the way, she\nbecame part of the family to many of them. One family invited Nancy to their\nmother\u2019s 85th birthday party. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photos of Nancy at many such family gatherings were\nprominently displayed at her calling hours in November. Her \u201cwarm and mothering\nlove\u201d is how Judy Donnelly, a past colleague at the library, remembers her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe was gifted in bringing out the best in her students,\u201d Donnelly\nsaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One young Chinese man, who was in America without his wife,\nbecame close friends with Nancy as his English speaking skills improved. A\npicture of Nancy at the Great Wall of China was among the framed photos at her\ncalling hours. Nancy also tutored a Vietnamese woman for many years and went\nabove and beyond the program\u2019s requirements to assist her English speaking\nskills, as was her nature. Friends and family gathering to pay their respects\nwere reminded of Nancy\u2019s giving, sweet ways as they reminisced while viewing\nthe pictures of a life well-lived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her passing saddens Madison County Reads Ahead, the tutoring\nprogram that Nancy Stratton volunteered with for 16 years. We thank Nancy,\nposthumously, for the time, talent and love that she gave to her community; her\ncompassion and smile are missed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nancy Stratton was a friendly face at the Oneida Public Library for many years. Since 2003, Nancy tutored several ethnic community members, helping them improve their conversational English. Along the way, she became part of the family to many of them. One family invited Nancy to their mother\u2019s 85th birthday party. 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