Nancy L. Colley 90

There will be a Celebration of Life on March 22, 2025, at 2 p.m., in the Bridgeport Church of Christ, with Pastor Jonathan Seng officiating.

Graveside services will follow at the Oregon Trail Cemetery. Everyone is welcomed back to the church to share memories and stories over a meal. It is respectfully requested that in lieu of any flowers, memorials in Nancy’s honor be made in care of the Highland Park Care Center, Memory Support in Alliance, NE.

Online condolences may be made by viewing Nancy’s memorial page at www.bridgmanfuneralhome. com.

Nancy was born on May 20, 1934, in Bridgeport, Nebraska, the oldest daughter of Helen Grier Winters and Hubert Hamilton Winters. She was raised on a farm near Bridgeport, and graduated from Broadwater High School in 1952. It was during her school years that she met Richard L. “Dick” Aurich, who she married in 1953. Together, they had five children and built a life that eventually led them to Nevada in 1966.

Later, while working at the Hawthorne Naval Ammunition Base in Nevada, she met Harold E. “Hal” Colley, the love of her life. They married in 1971 and spent 31 wonderful years together. Nancy and Hal had a passion for stock car racing, with Nancy winning more trophies than Hal, a testament to her competitive spirit. The couple later ventured into trucking, traveling, and working together across Nevada, Alaska, and Nebraska. Nancy’s trucking career ended after a serious car accident, which, though tragic, led to the discovery and treatment of cancer in her spine. Following her recovery, Nancy dedicated herself to caregiving, providing love and support to her parents in their later years.

Nancy lived in Bridgeport until 2009 before moving to Scottsbluff, and later, in 2020, to Alliance, where she spent her final days.

Nancy is lovingly survived by her children Ruth L.Vogt (Castle Rock, CO), Debra L. Shipman (Post Falls, ID), Darlene L. Panas (Bayard, NE), and Ricky L. Aurich (Lake Havasu City, AZ); her stepchildren: Sara Perkins, Sandra Holt, and Susan Wiley; her grandchildren: Michelle Wood, Stephanie Oliver, Kevin Vogt, Nathaniel Smith, Joshua Smith, Stacey Jones, Misty Rosemore, Steven Jones, and Jeremy Hume; 12 great-grandchildren; 7 great-great-grandchildren; and her sister Marlene Ulrich.

Nancy was preceded in death by her parents, Hubert and Helen Winters; one son, Richard Lee Aurich Jr.; her husbands, Harold “Hal” Colley and Richard L. “Dick” Aurich; and four sons-in-law, Steve Jones, Sr., Tim Lawton, Roger Cunha, Sr., and Jim Vogt.