Nancy Richmond Memorial Fund

The Nancy Richmond Scholarship Fund was established in May 2013 in memory of Nancy Richmond, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother.  The purpose of the fund is to provide educational financial needs to mothers and homemakers or other family caregivers who have put their own educational desires on hold while raising a family or caregiving for sick or incapacitated family members and are now looking to go back to school and pursue their dreams.

Scholarship Criteria

• Applicant should have been away from school for at least 3 years or recently returned to school after a 3 or more year absence.
• Applicant should have a strong need for financial aid and a challenging story to share.

About Nancy

Nancy was born in Hartford, Connecticut in December 1944 to the late Joseph T. and Nancy Malloy. She was a life-long resident of East Hartford, Connecticut and a graduate of East Hartford High School, Class of 1963. She married the love of her life, Bob, in 1968 and spent the next 44 years devoted to her husband and raising their three children, Sherri, Lori and Rob, while living in the same East Hartford home. Nancy loved and adored her four grandchildren, Austin, Taylor, Samantha and Julia, and had close relationships with numerous extended family members and countless friends.

Nancy was an extremely outgoing and caring person. She loved to laugh and enjoyed entertaining and spending time with family and friends. Nancy spent her life putting her family’s needs and desires above her own. One of her proudest accomplishments was always being there to support her children and grandchildren in all of their sporting events and school activities. She was very proud to be known as “The #1 Fan”. In addition to her family, Nancy also took great pride in cleaning and maintaining her home. It became such a passion for her that she began cleaning other people’s homes and touched even more lives and developed even more life-long relationships with many of her customers.

Nancy was also very active in her community. She volunteered at numerous charity events and participated in many community fund raisers. Some of Nancy’s dearest friends and closest relationships stemmed from her connections to the East Hartford Rotary Club and Women’s Club. She loved attending monthly luncheons with all the Rotary ladies and just laughing and having a good time.

Nancy passed away with her family by her side on September 4, 2012 after a courageous battle with bladder cancer. Although she was taken from us far too soon, her spirit and legacy will live on forever in the hearts of all her family and friends and everyone who knew and loved her. We sincerely thank everyone who has donated to the scholarship fund in Nancy’s memory.

Fund Administrators

• Rob Richmond

Donations

CharitySmith accepts donations in two ways:

The above Memorial Fund is established as a division of Charitysmith Nonprofit Foundation (EIN 87-0636433). All donations are tax deductible in accordance with federal tax law. Receipts for tax purposes are sent via US Mail within two weeks of donation. Please consider asking if your employer participates in a gift-matching program. If so, your donation may be matched by your employer.

For questions regarding your donation or this memorial fund please contact CharitySmith.