Baxter Springs, Kansas - Nancy Jane Hunt, age 75, of Baxter Springs, passed away on Friday, January 3, 2025 surrounded by her family.

Nancy was born on December 3, 1949, in Joplin, MO, to John Oliver Baggerly and Edith Virginia (Morgan) Baggerly. She graduated from Joplin High School in December 1967 and went on to attend Missouri Southern State College, where she graduated with a degree in Business in 1972.

Nancy was a devoted homemaker who took great pride in caring for her family. When her children were young, she ran an in-home daycare and later worked as a teller at American Bank in Baxter Springs until her retirement in 1996.

On February 13, 1976, Nancy married Robert Dale Hunt, and together they built their home in Baxter Springs.

Nancy was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, and her older sister, Sharon Wideman.

She is survived by her daughter, Beth Hunt; her son, John Hunt and wife Amber; eight grandchildren; two great-grandchildren, all of whom resided in Baxter Springs, KS; and her sisters, Darlene Mahan of Joplin and Marlene Gooch of Baxter Springs, as well as her sister-in-law, Elizabeth Edmondson, of Baxter Springs.

Services will be held at 10 AM on Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at Derfelt Chapel in Baxter Springs, with her brother-in-law, Dan Mahan, officiating. Burial will follow at Baxter Springs Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made in Nancy's memory to the Baxter Springs Fire Auxiliary, in care of the funeral home.