Nancy was born in Enid on February 8, 1947 to Isadore and Gladys Clements Oswald and died Tuesday April 22, 2025 at Hennessey Care Center.
The funeral for Nancy K. LaPorte, 78 will be at 10:30 AM Friday April 25, 2025 at First United Methodist Church officiated by Rev. Sandra Shepherd and Jimmy Berkenbile. Burial will follow at Hennessey Cemetery under the direction of Cordry-Gritz Funeral Home.
She graduated from Hennessey High School in 1965. Nancy married Charlie LaPorte in Hennessey on January 19, 1969, and graduated from the University of Oklahoma in May 1969 with an honorary Doctorate of Pharmacy degree.
They bought Jansen Drug in Hennessey February 15, 1973 and re-named it LaPorte Pharmacy, and owned and operated it for the next forty-three years.
Nancy was a member of First United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, Oklahoma Pharmacy Association, and the Gideon Auxiliary.
She is survived by her husband Charlie of the home; one brother Ray Oswald of Enid and many cousins.
Nancy served the people of the Hennessey community for forty-three years and considered those she served as family. Nancy opened the pharmacy countless times after hours to get medicine for a sick child or a family in need.
Nancy was preceded in death by her parents Isadore and Gladys Oswald.
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