NANCY KAY BREWDER MEHRMOFAKHAM ~ Class of 1972
February 12, 1954 - July 22, 2007



Nancy was born in Richland on February 12, 1954 and passed away on July 22, 2007.

She moved to Reno, NV after graduating from Columbia High School in 1972. She married Reza Mehrmofakham and had two wonderful sons, Kyle and Jordan, before moving back to the Tri-Cities in 1989. In 2000, she reconnected and fell in love with her soul-mate, Jerry Kidder. Nancy was a loving partner, mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, daughter, sister and aunt.

Throughout her life, she was passionate about interior decorating, antique furniture, jewelry, and Victorian Architecture. She enjoyed flower arranging and poetry. Nancy was an avid reader and had just finished writing a children’s book featuring her sons. She loved musicals and plays and as a child, starred in several Richland Light Opera Company productions.

Nancy was joyful, fun loving, intelligent and witty. She loved to laugh and was often known to tell jokes, whether they were funny or not!! She loved to be the life of the party and was fondly known as the “Drama Queen” of the family. Nancy was a caring person who could not turn away anyone in need. She was like a mother to many more than her sons.

A naturally social person, Nancy befriended all who came her way. She was commonly known to take a friendly interest in all who surrounded her and did not know the meaning of the word "stranger".

Nancy was preceded in death by her parents George and Elizabeth Brewder.

She leaves behind her family who love her more than words can say: Her son, Kyle J. Mehrmofakham, 24, his wife, Kate, their children, Ezri and Ammon and her son, Jordan Thomas Mehrmofakham, 19, Nicole and their daughter, Sohayla Elizabeth, her fiancé, Jerry Kidder, her older brother, Tom Brewder ('68), her older sister, Marji Brewder Brown ('69) and her husband, Mike of Florence OR, their children, Ryan, his wife, Heather and their children, Wyatt, Gavin and Emma of Hillsboro, OR, Darren and his wife, Erin of Corvallis, OR, Jennifer Brown and her partner, Steve Collins of Hillsboro, OR, her younger sister, Laurie Atchenson and her husband, Jim of Kennewick, and her uncle Jack Horton of Boston, MA.

Celebration Services will be held at 1:00 pm, Friday, July 27th at Mueller’s Tri-Cities Funeral Home, 1401 S. Union (10th and Union) in Kennewick.