Nancy Carol Peckham Burres, BHS 1964

Nancy Carol Peckham Burres, BHS 1964
April 19, 1945, Los Angeles, California ~ July 29, 2020, Cloverdale, California

Nancy Carol Peckham Burres passed away on Wednesday morning, July 29th, in Cloverdale in northern California, at age 75.  Nancy’s daughter and son were with her at her passing.  She was diagnosed about two years ago with a rare bile duct liver cancer.  Nancy lived longer than predicted, in part due to her use of holistic medicine.  Nancy grew up in Burbank on Hilton Dr. at the corner of Eton Dr., and attended Thomas Jefferson, John Muir, and BHS, graduating in 1964.  She was the middle daughter of Lena Hobbs Peckham and Willard Peckham, who both passed away in 2013, six months apart, at ages 91 and one week short of 96.  Nancy’s father, Willard Peckham, was a Burbank Police Officer in the 1940’s and into the early 50’s, then became a Burbank Fireman where he worked at the Bel Aire Dr. station until his retirement in 1972, when they moved from Burbank to northern California to Clearlake Oaks, in part to be near Nancy who was already living in Cloverdale.  Nancy’s mother, Lena Hobbs Peckham, grew up in Burbank, and was a 1939 BHS graduate.  Nancy’s older sister, Linda Peckham Christian, BHS ‘60, lives in Portland, Oregon, and her younger sister, Janice Peckham Jennings, BHS ‘72, lives in Lucerne, California.

Nancy Burres was a very talented artist, from her school days until her death.  She was well known and loved for her paintings in her area of northern California, painting landscapes, including vineyards, forests, lakes, seascapes, with some of her paintings including wildlife.  She had lived in Cloverdale, California for over 50 years.  Nancy most recently attended the Foursquare Church in her area.  Her former husband, Bob Burres, “Eddie Bob,” now lives in Arizona.

Nancy is survived by her daughter Christine, her son Russell, three grandchildren, and her sisters Linda and Janice, and their families.  Because of the current situation with the pandemic no service is able to be planned yet for Nancy.

Alan Landros, BHS ‘70
August 1, 2020