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Source: Washington County Enterprise

Nancy Ellen Goeken, age 78 of Blair, passed away July 20, 2026, at Good Shepherd Lutheran Community in Blair. A celebration of life will be held Nov. 14, 2026 with visitation beginning at 10 AM and Services at 11 AM at First United Methodist Church in Blair. Nancy was born on Nov. 14, 1947, in Storm Lake, the daughter of Richard H. Baker and Bonnie L (Sawin) Baker. She attended kindergarten and the first grade in Climbing Hill, the second grade in Oto, and then attended Audubon Community Schools in Audubon, from the third grade until her graduation in 1966. On June 9, 1968, she was united in marriage to Richard Goeken at the Methodist Church in Audubon. Nancy attended Iowa Cosmetology School in Des Moines, earning a degree in cosmetology.

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