- Date Of Birth: August 14, 1939
- Date Of Death: July 16, 2013
- State: Maine
Nancy M. Hackett
August 14, 1939
July 16, 2013
SCARBOROUGH — Nancy M. Hackett, 73, of Pine Point Road, formerly of Hennessey Drive in Portland, died on July 16, 2013 after a brief illness. She was born in Providence, RI on August 14, 1939 and grew up on Veranda Street, the daughter of the late James and Teresa Sabatino.
She attended Portland Catholic schools and graduated in 1957 from Cathedral High School. She was a Democrat with a big D, a champion bowler before bursitis took her career and an animal lover. Nancy always had a dog or cat or two with her.
She raised two children as a single mother in North Deering while working at the Congress Street Porteous. Later she served as the Business Manager of Catherine Morrill Day Nursery where she relentlessly tried to coach her single mother clients. A tough woman, she had a soft spot for an underdog.
In her later years, Nancy served people who are ill both as an employee of Comfort Keepers in Scarborough and as a volunteer providing a ride to people for their cancer treatments. She was diagnosed herself with cancer one month after her recent retirement and met the news with perhaps too much independence.
Nancy is survived by a daughter, Dianne (Dee) Ames and her husband Skip of Springvale, a son, James Sabatino and his partner Michael Rego of Portland, a sister, Judy Schneider of New Haven, CT and three grandchildren, Kelli, Kristina and Eric Ames of Springvale. She is also survived by her favorite aunt Camilla Vacchiano and her “growing up” extended family, Joe and Charlie Vacchiano.
The family would like to sincerely thank the staff at the Gosnell Memorial Hospice House for the care they gave her in the last week of her life.
