It is with heavy hearts that we announced the peaceful passing of Nancy Lee Friel Hickerson, 89 a beloved mother, grandmother, and friend on September 20, 2025, in Casper. She was a resident of Casper for the past seven years and a former resident of Rock Springs.

Nancy Lee was born on July 29, 1936, in Rock Springs, the daughter of Milton Blair Friel and Eva Virginia Dominiski Friel. She attended Rock Springs High School and graduated in 1954. After being awarded a scholarship to Holy Cross Hospital School of Nursing, Nancy briefly moved to Salt Lake City, where she earned her nursing degree. Always a trailblazer, Nancy also helped lead her nursing school basketball team to championship titles in 1955 and 1956.

Upon graduation, Nancy returned to Rock Springs where she reconnected with h

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