Nancy Jane Drake, 70, of Hornell, NY, passed away on Friday,
April 17, 2020 at Hornell Gardens Nursing Home, due to complications from
COVID-19.
Nancy was born in Arkport, NY on August 8, 1949 to Franklin
and Joy (Wilson) Haynes. She attended school and graduated from Arkport Central
High School. She later in life went on to attend college at Alfred State
College, for computer and office management training.
Soon after high school Nancy married Paul Fisk and was later
married to Richard “Doug” Drake (deceased).
She lived most of her life in the Hornell area except for a few years
when she lived in Buffalo, NY after attending college. She worked for many
years as a waitress and bartender in local Hornell area establishments such as
the Big Elms, Sunset Inn, Muhleisen’s and Lucy’s Tavern. Nancy was an avid
fisherwoman and loved being outdoors and around a good campfire. She was quick
to laugh and was known for her fun-loving personality and for her feistiness in
her later years. She was preceded in death by her parents, Franklin and Joy
Haynes.
Nancy is survived by daughter Kimberly Fisk (Larry
Humphreys) of Tampa, FL, son Jody and Jennifer (Cook) Fisk of Honeoye, NY,
daughter Corianne Covert (Freeman Covert) of Folsom, CA, and her grandchildren
Michael, Glen, Autumn, Melinda, Kyla and Hunter. Nancy also has two surviving
brothers Bill (Janice) Haynes and Alan Haynes.
No arrangements are available at this time. There will be a
memorial at a future date to be determined.
Funeral arrangements are in care of the Dagon Funeral Home,
38 Church St., Hornell, NY.
