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 Nancy
A. Amos, PhD, ASCW, LCSW
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[August 03, 2026]
PEORIA
- Nancy A. Amos, PhD, ASCW, LCSW passed
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Service:
There will be a Celebration of Life at the First
Federated Church on Saturday, August 29, 2026 at
11a.m.
Funeral home: Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral
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Nancy was born May
14, 1960 in Goshen, Indiana.
She was an Assistant Professor at Bradley
University. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree
in sociology and Spanish from Bowling Green State
University, Bowling Green, OH, a master's of social
work degree from Washington University in St. Louis,
MO, and a PhD in social welfare from Case Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
She practiced as a social worker for more than 30
years in child welfare, gerontology, health care,
and social work administration. She taught full time
in the social work program at Bradley University and
maintained her own private practice.
Nancy is part president of the NASW-Illinois Chapter
and served multiple community agencies and on boards
of directors. She was a past winner of the Social
Worker of the Year Award for the Peoria District.
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Nancy was very active in her church and enjoyed
teaching Bible School in the summer. She was an avid reader, a dog enthusiast, a
lover of Shakespeare and pandas.
She was preceded in death by her mother, Dorothy “Dottie” Amos, father, Jack
Amos, and brother, Kirt Amos.
Private burial will be handled by Holland Barry & Bennett Funeral Home in
Lincoln.
There will be a Celebration of Life at the First Federated Church on Saturday,
August 29, 2026 at 11AM.
Memorial donations may be made to First Federated Church in Peoria.
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