Nancy Stryeski passed away peacefully on August 20, 2024.

She was born Nancy Ann Baxter, the daughter of William and Dorothea Baxter, and was raised in Newtown. She attended Newtown High School and was on the girls’ basketball team. She received a scholarship to attend University of Connecticut where she was president of the Mortarboard Society and elected to the Student Hall of Fame 1951.

After college, she went to New York City to work for Brooklyn Union Gas Company where she had a cooking show called Domestically Yours.

She married Robert Broadhurst and raised four children in Ridgewood, N.J. During this time, she also started a real estate business, and was a member of West Side Presbyterian Church and the American Association of University Women.

She is remembered by her family and friends as being feisty, loving family, enjoying cooking and reading, and always being ready to go for a walk. She was good at meeting people, generous to those in need and a good friend to many. She taught her children to “turn off the TV and get outside” and to be respectful of all people. She loved the seashore and spoke often of her beloved Connecticut. Always proud of her fitness, she could still shoot a basket well into her 80s.

Her late husband Carl Stryeski passed away February 2, 2007.

She is survived by her four children and families: Bob and Teri Broadhurst of New Hampton, N.H.; Jeff and Ellen Broadhurst of New Tripoli, Penn.; Sue and Bill Goodwin of New Hope, Penn.; and Ginny Broadhurst and Don Hunger of Lummi Island, Wash. She has seven grandchildren: Hazel and Hope Broadhurst; James, Sam and Emma Goodwin; and Maya and Ethan Hunger.

Our family is grateful to the amazing caregivers at Country Meadows and Millbrook HomeCare as well as St Luke’s Hospice in Bethlehem, Penn.

A celebration of life will be held at 10 am September 28 at First Lutheran Church in Stewartsville, N.J. The burial will be private. Arrangements are being handled by the Cantelmi Long Funeral Home, Bethlehem, Penn.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to C.H. Booth Library in Newtown (chboothlibrary.org).