Nancy C. Lightfoot ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1940 US Census in Holly, MI on 11 April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 6A and 6B, District 63-49, Family 126, Roll 1799
Holly, Oakland, Michigan, United States
116 College Street; Home rented $20
Nancy Lightfoot..Daughter..6m..Michigan

(Living with parents.)
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• Her obituary was published in the Unknown newspaper on 21 January 2001.

Nancy C. Lightfoot of Liberia, formerly of Williamston, entered into Heaven on January 12, 2001. She was the victim of an auto accident, which occurred near Buchanan, Liberia, West Africa. Nancy was a missionary for the United Methodist Church. As a Bible translator she also worked with the American Bible Society. Nancy was born in Flint, MI, on October 20, 1939. She was raised and educated in Williamston, MI. Nancy received her Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees from Western michigan University. Prior to becoming a missionary, she was an elementary school teacher in Midland, MI. From 1966 to 1969, Nancy served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia. Nancy was assigned, as a United Methodist missionary, to the Liberia Annual Conference in March 1972. Her first twelve years involved analysis, preparation of teaching materials, teaching and literature production in Klao, a Liberian tribal language, with the objective of teaching these people to read and write in their own language. Since 1984, Nancy has been the coordinator of the Klao Bible Translation and Literacy Program. Working with a team of Klao speaking Liberians, they finished the translation of the New Testament, which was dedicated in January 2000. The Old Testament is in the process of being translated. To better understand the origins of the Old Testament and the Jewish culture, Nancy and one of her team went to Jerusalem to learn Hebrew. This would allow them work directly from the original text rather than from translations of translations. A second member of her team...