Nancy D. Foote, of Weybridge, Vermont, passed peacefully on May 10, 2014. She was 84. Nancy was the daughter of Vinton and Thelma Dickey, of Manchester, New Hampshire. As a young girl, she moved to Middlebury, where her father managed the Middlebury Inn. It was there Nancy was home-schooled and learned piano, often playing and singing for guests. Later Nancy attended Wesser College, in New Hampshire, and worked briefly at Middlebury College. She soon met, however, and married, Ralph Foote, with whom she raised five adoring sons. Her true life's work was as a mom and a homemaker, a calling to which she gave every ounce of her abundant heart. She later applied this same talent to her role as grandmother and great grandmother. She was the very soul of the Foote family, and, in their hearts, remains a bright and enduring light. While in her fifties, and after both her parents were deceased, Nancy discovered she had been adopted and was able to meet her birth mother, Stella (Ordway) Davis. Through that reunion, she also later met numerous half siblings, nieces and nephews. Nancy was predeceased by her husband, Ralph, and by their third son, Brian Foote, of Croton-on-Hudson, New York. She is survived by her sons Tony, Peter, Dick and Cory; by her daughter-in-laws Sharon, Holly, Missy, Hilary and Mary; by her grandchildren Katy, Alec, Cory, Hayley, Samantha and Brian; by her step grandchildren T.J., Chelsea, Rob and Anne; by a foster grandson, Charles, and by the apple of her eye, her great granddaughter Sophia. A memorial service will be held at the Congregational Church in Middlebury on Thursday, May 22, at 1:00 p.m. A reception will follow at the Middlebury Inn. Together, Nancy and her beloved husband, Ralph, will be interred at Evergreen Cemetery, in Cornwall, Vermont, in a private family ceremony. In Nancy's memory, donations may be made to Addison County Humane Society or to the Dana Farber Cancer Research Foundation.