Nancy Jane Cefai

Nancy Jane Cefai (née Czinder) age 67, of White Lake, Michigan, passed peacefully at home with her sons by her side on December 17th, 2024, in White Lake, Michigan, due to complications from early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Nancy is survived by her husband of 45 years, Michael; her sons Adam (Jessica) and Justin (Rebekkah); her stepdaughter Michele (Dino) Martino; her grandchildren Alexa (Matt), AJ (Brooke), Alea (Andrew), Nino (Jeremiah), Levi, and Owen; and great-grandchild Dino. Nancy’s surviving siblings are Kathy (Darrell) Crane, Craig (Sandy) Czinder, Douglas Czinder, and Pamela Czinder. She was preceded in death by her parents, Donald and Patsy Czinder, and her beloved brother, Mark Czinder.

Nancy was born on August 23rd, 1957, in Muskegon, Michigan. She graduated from Clarkston High School in 1975 and took accounting classes at Oakland Community College. In 1978, on a blind double date with her sister, she met Mike, and they soon married and started a family. In 1984, Nancy and Mike started Cefai Builders, a general contracting company. For the next 25 years, Nancy single-handedly ran the business administration and handled the finances of the company - all while raising her children, teaching Catechism at St. Patrick’s Church, volunteering for Meals on Wheels, and just generally being the kindest and most selfless person anyone had ever met.

Nancy loved to laugh (often at her own jokes, mainly at her husband’s expense); she loved to dance; she loved traveling to wild places and camping with her best friend Lynn Dulmage-Ogram and Lynn’s daughters Breanna, Alicia, and Mariah; she loved God; she loved to read; she loved to garden; she loved to golf; she loved babies; she loved her dogs (Beauregard, Buster, Casey, and Bruno); and she loved her family. She was vibrant, warm-hearted, intelligent, and she inspired everyone around her to live fully and with compassion.

Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11:00 am ( In state at 10:00 am) on Monday, December 23, 2024 at St. Patrick Church, 9086 Hutchins Rd., White Lake, MI 48386. Visitation will be from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Sunday, December 22, 2024 with a rosary service at 5:00 pm at the Union Lake Chapel of the Elton Black and Son Funeral Home, 1233 Union Lake Rd., White Lake, Michigan 48386. Rite of Christian Burial will be at All Saints Cemetery. Memorial Donations may be made to Meals on Wheels.