Nancy Long, 69, of Vero Beach, passed away on Oct. 19, 2014.
She is survived by her husband of 47 years, Terry Long and their two daughters, Christina Long and Robin Reading.
She was predeceased by her parents, Kendall Harrison and Helen (Copeland) Harrison, and a sister, Jane (Harrison) Cuneo.
She was born in Indianapolis, Ind., on March 29, 1945, and been a resident of Vero Beach since 1982, coming from Brownsburg, Ind. After attending Shortridge High School for two years and graduating from North Central High School in Indianapolis, Ind., Long enrolled at Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind., in 1963.
At the end of her junior year, this physics major met a mathematics major by the name of Terry Long from Marion, Ind. They were married in the bride’s Indianapolis home on June 6, 1967 with Terry’s father as the minister.
As two “peas in a pod,” Nancy and Terry would first work for the Boeing Aircraft Company in Seattle, Wash., as design engineers. A career change after eight months in Seattle took the Longs to Evansville, Ind., where both Long and her husband embarked in mathematics teaching careers which would span 14 towns in eight states at nine secondary schools, one junior high school, and four colleges and universities.
Along the way the Longs raised two beautiful daughters and earn Master’s degrees in physics from the University of Wisconsin-Superior and Ph D’s in mathematics from the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Miss.
A gifted and personable mathematics teacher, Nancy taught several years at the St. Edward’s School in Vero Beach, and retired in 2005 after closing her career at the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics and Coker College in Hartsville, S.C.
At the request of the family, services will be private. Memorial contributions may be made to the VNA Hospice House, 1110 35th Lane, Vero Beach, FL, 32960.
Arrangements are under the directions of Cox Gifford Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory, Vero Beach.
