Nancy Stone Wehr

Nancy Stone Wehr, 89, formerly of Houston and Sugar Land, died on January 9, 2024, at the home of her daughter, Jennifer Wehr Brosky, in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts. She was born on April 8, 1934, to Frank M. and Jennie (Warner) Stone in Danbury, Connecticut. In 1956, she married her high-school sweetheart, Dr. David A. Wehr, three days after their joint graduation from Westminster Choir College, where she earned the Bachelor of Music degree in voice and organ. She later was awarded a MA degree in Elementary Education from Eastern Kentucky University. Together, Nancy and David devoted their professional careers to sharing music with others as performers and teachers in churches, schools and communities in Connecticut, New Jersey, Michigan, Idaho, Florida, Kentucky and Maryland. The Wehrs lived in the Houston area from 1979-2008, during which time Nancy taught music to thousands of students at Briargate and Hunters Glen Elementary Schools in Missouri City and Pecan Grove Elementary School in Richmond, and also taught 5th Grade at Rita Drabek Elementary in Sugar Land. She sang in the Houston Symphony Chorale and was a founding member of the Concert Chorale of Houston.

In addition to her daughter, she is survived by her sister, Shirley Crowe, sons David Allen Wehr and Paul Stephen Wehr, and grand-daughters Margaret Gibson Wehr and Shauna Lee Brosky. She was pre-deceased by her husband, grand-daughter Elizabeth Gibson Wehr, and siblings Ruth Stone, Frank Stone, Jr., Louise Schueler, Dorothy Headley and Jeanette Mayer.