LONGMONT, Colo. -- Nancy Ellen Schaper died Monday, Oct. 14, 2019.
She was born Oct. 15, 1949, in Cape Girardeau to Bernard J. and Dorothy Fulbright Schaper.
She graduated salutatorian from Jackson High School in 1967. She attended Drury College from 1967 to 1969 and graduated from the University of Hawaii in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts in European languages.
Nancy loved Hawaii and resided there from 1969 to 1987. In 1993 she moved to Boulder, Colorado, where she owned and operated Mysterium Visionary Music store from 1995 to 1997. She resided in Longmont from 2010 to 2019.
Nancy loved music, books and the aspens in the fall. She wished her family to scatter her ashes privately.
Survivors are a sister, Teri Schaper (Thomas) Allen of Temple, Texas; nephew, Peter Allen of Temple; and niece, Mary Chapman of Leipzig, Germany.
Memorials may be given to the Humane Society.
Carroll-Lewellen Funeral and Cremation Services was in charge of arrangements.
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