Nancy Ahlstrom - Graveyard Service

Nancy Ethel Ahlstrom (née Alexander) (April 18, 1930 - August 12, 2021) was a loving wife, dedicated mother and grandmother, and longtime member of the Hamden and New Haven community. Nancy passed on August 12, 2021, surrounded by family in her home on Armory Street in Hamden, Connecticut. Married to Sydney Ahlstrom in 1953 Nancy and Sydney settled in New Haven where Sydney was a professor of American and Religious History at Yale and Nancy worked as an editor for the Journal of Economic Geology. Her legacy is her four children, Joseph Alexander "Sandy" (Cathy Quense), Promise Ann (James Gold), Constance Burton "Connie" (Andrew Weinstein), and Sydney Eckman "Syd" (Keely), as well as eight grandchildren, Maya, Aaron, Jonah, Oliver, Ian, Elana, James, and Syd III. Nancy was a lifelong Episcopalian, daughter of an Episcopal priest and longtime member of Trinity Church on the Green. She dedicated herself to her community. She helped lead the Yale University Women's Organization (YUWO), audited readings for Recording for the Blind. The family will gather for a private interment at Grove Street Cemetery on October 2, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. Flowers and donations to Trinity Church to support their social programs and charitable outreach are both welcomed. Hawley Lincoln Memorial, 424 Elm St., New Haven is in charge of arrangements. To sign the online guestbook please, visit hawleylincolnmemorial.com. Please join the family in prayer. Full Obituary: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/nhregister/name/nancy-ahlstrom-obituary?pid=199793721