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===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
[[File:YoungNancy.jpg|thumb|255x255px|A picture of Nancy at an unknown age.|left]] | [[File:YoungNancy.jpg|thumb|255x255px|A picture of Nancy at an unknown age.|left]] | ||
Nancy was born in Michigan to parents Ramsa Sarah Kallie (October 25th, 1910 – August 2nd, 1976), an elementary school teacher, and | Nancy was born in Michigan to parents Ramsa Sarah Kallie (October 25th, 1910 – August 2nd, 1976), an elementary school teacher, and Saleem "Sam" Essa Kiswiney (June 13th, 1909 – January 10th, 1983), a grocery store manager and accountant.<ref>https://www.familysearch.org/tree/sources/viewedit/QY1P-PP6</ref><ref>https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press-obituary-for-sam-kisw/150753169/</ref> Her father served in WW2, and was noted to have witnessed the murder of a man at the hands of an amputee driving an automobile via hit-and-run.<ref>https://www.newspapers.com/article/detroit-free-press/150752917/</ref> Nancy was the youngest of 3 children. She had two siblings, [[Family#Carol McGuire|Carol Ann McGuire]] (née Kiswiney), and [[Family#David Kiswiney|David Kiswiney]]. | ||
Most of Nancys childhood is unknown. According to a comment left on an obituary by her older sister, Nancy's family lived across the street from the Venettis family on Berkshire in Detroit. Her family were good friends with the other family, and the couple who lived across the street, Elsie Ann Venettis and Jim Venettis, were always kind to the children. Their parents, Ramsa and Saleen, were good friends with the family and liked them very much.<ref>https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/grosse-pointe-woods-mi/elsie-venettis-10100476 (Comment left by Carol McGuire)</ref> [[File:NancyYearbookPhoto.png|thumb|Nancys photo for her universities' yearbook, aged 22. Dated 1969. |227x227px]]During her teenage years, Nancy attended Grosse Pointe High School. At age 17, she was placed onto her school's honor roll.<ref>https://digitize.gp.lib.mi.us/history/newspapers/grossePointeNews/year_ranges/1960s/1964/pdf/1964-07-23.pdf</ref> After high school, she attended Michigan State University, which she graduated from in 1969 with a Bachelors Degree in arts, and a minor in Humanities.<ref>https://projects.kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/162-565-981/S201_1969.pdf</ref> In 1966, Nancy was a bridesmaid for her sister, Carol's wedding. Nancy would go on to a plan a wedding in 1968, possibly inspired by her sisters.<ref>[[:File:NancyWeddingPlanner.png]]</ref> | Most of Nancys childhood is unknown. According to a comment left on an obituary by her older sister, Nancy's family lived across the street from the Venettis family on Berkshire in Detroit. Her family were good friends with the other family, and the couple who lived across the street, Elsie Ann Venettis and Jim Venettis, were always kind to the children. Their parents, Ramsa and Saleen, were good friends with the family and liked them very much.<ref>https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/grosse-pointe-woods-mi/elsie-venettis-10100476 (Comment left by Carol McGuire)</ref> [[File:NancyYearbookPhoto.png|thumb|Nancys photo for her universities' yearbook, aged 22. Dated 1969. |227x227px]]During her teenage years, Nancy attended Grosse Pointe High School. At age 17, she was placed onto her school's honor roll.<ref>https://digitize.gp.lib.mi.us/history/newspapers/grossePointeNews/year_ranges/1960s/1964/pdf/1964-07-23.pdf</ref> After high school, she attended Michigan State University, which she graduated from in 1969 with a Bachelors Degree in arts, and a minor in Humanities.<ref>https://projects.kora.matrix.msu.edu/files/162-565-981/S201_1969.pdf</ref> In 1966, Nancy was a bridesmaid for her sister, Carol's wedding. Nancy would go on to a plan a wedding in 1968, possibly inspired by her sisters.<ref>[[:File:NancyWeddingPlanner.png]]</ref> | ||