Nancy Vernon Schantz, M.D., died September 9th after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Myles K. Vernon Sr. and Wilma Hogg Vernon. She was born November 10, 1953 in Long Beach, CA. She is survived by her husband, Stimson P. Schantz, M. D. of Pound Ridge, NY, a brother, Myles K. Vernon Jr. of Spring, TX, two sisters, Heidi Vernon Parent of Norton, MA and Holly Vernon, of Waltham, MA, and nephews Myles and Douglas Vernon of Spring, TX.
She attended grade school in East Bridgewater, MA, graduating from Thayer Academy, Braintree in 1971. She went on to Johns Hopkins University, graduating in 1975 in the first female class in the history of that college. She earned a Master’s Degree in the neural sciences from The University of Texas, Houston prior to attending medical school from 1978 to 1983.
She studied medicine both at Georgetown University Medical School and University of Texas, Houston where she obtained her M.D. degree in 1983. During her medical school education at Georgetown, she met and married Stimson P. Schantz, M.D., currently a head and neck surgeon in New York City. They married in 1983 in a small chapel in Kincraig, Scotland out of loving memory of her Scottish ancestry. Following medical school, Nancy completed a family practice residency at the University of Texas. She remained on staff as a full-time faculty member at the University of Texas, Houston until she and her husband relocated to Pound Ridge, NY in 1991. She practiced family medicine for over fifteen years in Stamford, CT.
Nancy was known as a kind, generous, and caring friend, physician, and family member. You could easily engage Nancy by asking about her family, whom she dearly loved. She enjoyed walks in the New England woods, gardening, the pleasure of preparing new recipes, and could as likely be found tinkering beneath the hood of the family car. Her keen mind was an instant source of valuable information for those who needed guidance for health and daily living.
She will be dearly missed by all who loved her.
Her funeral service will be held Thursday September 13 at 7 PM in the Blanchard Funeral Chapel (Rte. 58 @ the rotary) Whitman. Visiting hours will be held prior to the service from 5-7 PM.
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