The Obit For Nancy DeShone

Nancy G. Dinehart (DeShone)
March 22, 1932 - October 6, 2007


Published in South Bend Tribune on 10/8/07

Elkhart IN. Nancy G. (Rockwell) Dinehart-75, died at 9:25 a.m. Saturday in Hospice House, South Bend.

Nancy played third base and short stop for the Rockford Peaches from 1947 through 1953. She played in the championship games for Rockford in 1949 and 1950 and the play-offs for the Championships in 1948,'49 and '50.

Survivors include her husband, James; daughters, Debbi Singleton, Sherry Peters, Jacki Cox and Conni Berry; stepdaughters, Kathleen Pearson, Debra L. Brown and Laura Hathaway; stepsons, Martin J. Dinehart and Dale Dinehart; and brothers, Jack L. DeShone and W. Harry DeShone.

Nancy was an active member of the Association and will be deeply missed by all her friends and former teammates.