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Nancy Schroeder Liggett
Obituaries
By News Staff, on June 30, 2022
Nancy Schroeder Liggett

Nancy Schroeder Liggett, 79, passed away on June 10, 2022, in Louisville, Colo.

Nancy Anne Schroeder was the oldest child of Walter and Leora (Coleman) Schroeder. She was born May 16, 1943, in Fremont, MI. The family soon moved to a farm in Olivet, MI and lived there for several years before moving to East Lansing, MI. In 1957, they moved to San Luis Obispo, CA. Nancy attended San Diego State University and graduated with a degree in elementary education in 1965.

Nancy married Douglas Eilerts in 1965. After teaching for one year in Poway, CA, Nancy spent the next 15 years at home raising her children: Erik, Scott, and Allison. They settled in the Lake Hodges area of Escondido, CA, in 1973, where Nancy lived for 25 years.

In the 1980s, Nancy worked in Escondido as a florist, a technical writer, and a substitute teacher. In 1989, she started teaching full time at Vail Elementary School in Temecula, CA, where she taught fifth and second grades for the next ten years.

From 1993 to 1995, Nancy fought and defeated breast cancer, remaining cancer-free for the rest of her life. After her husband Doug passed away suddenly in 1996, Nancy lived briefly in Temecula, CA before moving to Ridgway, CO. She taught at Ridgway Elementary School from 2001 until her retirement in 2007. While in Ridgway, Nancy met Bill Liggett. They moved to Boulder, CO in 2011 and were married in 2013.

Nancy engaged continuously in artistic pursuits. Nancy was an avid reader and worked in retirement as a copyeditor for several books. Nancy played the piano throughout her life and thoroughly enjoyed having her own vintage grand piano that she and Bill acquired after moving to Boulder. She also loved to create with her hands, dabbling in macrame, ceramics, stained glass, graphic arts, gardening, knitting and weaving. She stayed active throughout her retirement, enjoying skiing, biking, travel, and daily walks with Bill.

Nancy is survived by her husband Bill Liggett; her son Erik Eilerts of

Boulder, CO; her son Scott Eilerts of Santa Fe, NM, his wife Jennie, and his children Garrett and Kathryn; her daughter Allison Shanks of Hermosa Beach, CA, her husband Jay, and her children Kai and Nikau; her stepson William Liggett of Gambrills, MD; her stepdaughter Marlina Liggett of Chicago, IL, and her children Tacari and Tyrion; her brother Stanley Schroeder, of San Diego, CA, and his wife Susan; her sister Susan Eberhard of Friday Harbor, WA; and her brother John Schroeder of Prunedale, CA.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her name to the American Cancer Society, or to Second Chance Humane Society in Ridgway, CO.

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