Born July 1, 1945 in Tacoma, Washington, Nancy lived primarily in the Dallas area. Nancy served the community as a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, Director of Outreach at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Dallas and Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Duncanville, Nursing Director of a retirement home in Carthage, and for the State of Texas as a health care auditor. Nancy was a member of St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church. In 1992 became a Secular Franciscan where she most recently held the role of Minister. Her service towards others inspired her to volunteer in a pediatric clinic in Mississippi and with numerous Justice and Peace organizations.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Marianne and Oscar Carranza of Dallas, grandchildren Giovanni Carranza and Jennifer Salinas of Santa Fe, NM, Dimitri Carranza and Katherina Avila of Albuquerque, NM, Dominic Carranza of Dallas, Annemarie Carranza of Dallas, son and daughter-in-law, David and Anne Marie Braly of Wylie, and grandson Finn Braly of Wylie. Nancy was preceded in death by her mother, Anne DeFrancisco Allen, in 1996 and her father, Francis Louis Allen, in 1975.
Visitation, Rosary, and Franciscan Wake Service will be held from 6pm – 8pm, Friday, April 20, 2018 at Calvary Hill Funeral Home Chapel, 3235 Lombardy, Dallas, TX 75220. The Funeral Mass will be at Calvary Hill North Chapel at 10:30am, Saturday, April 21 followed by the Committal Service at 12pm.
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