They had five children: John, Joan, Ann, Bill, and Susie. All five children later stepped into acting.
It is with great sadness that the family of Ann Paula (Nancy) Cusack announces her passing on Wednesday July 27, 2022 at the age of 93. Nancy passed away peacefully in her sleep at The Mather in Evanston. She is survived and loved by her children Ann, Joan, William, John, and Susan along with her daughter-in-law LaFern Cusack and son-in-law Dick Burke and Matthew Hunt and grandchildren Dylan Burke, Miles Burke, David Cusack, and Madeline Hunt. She is also survived by her sister, Claire Burnell, brother George Carolan and his wife Jacqueline and many beloved nieces and nephews and friends. Nancy was preceded in death by her husband Richard J. Cusack and her brother William Carolan. And her brother and sister-in-law Donald and Elizabeth Cusack.
Nancy was born and grew up in Newton MA. She went to Mount Alvernia Academy then attended and graduated from the College of New Rochelle in 1950 and received her master's degree from Boston College. She taught mathematics in the Boston school system and at the Ursuline School in Salzburg. She was a great tennis and basketball athlete and loved skiing. Returning to the United States she met and married Richard J. Cusack in 1960. They moved to Chicago the mid-1960s and raised their family in Evanston.
She was a political and social activist for civil rights, women's rights, nuclear disarmament and the permanent war economies that waste the earth. She worked in the soup kitchens started by Dorothy Day who founded The Catholic Worker. Nancy and Richard were greatly influenced by their lifelong friendship with the Berrigan brothers. She lived a life of commitment to serving others and speaking truth to power. She was arrested for peacefully protesting at the School of the Americas but never stood trial. She was an active member of the North Shore Peace Initiative among many other non-profits.
It is also important that it be known she was a passionate supporter of mocha frappuccinos and ice cream with way too much hot fudge sauce.
They had five children: John, Joan, Ann, Bill, and Susie. All five children later stepped into acting.
It is with great sadness that the family of Ann Paula (Nancy) Cusack announces her passing on Wednesday July 27, 2022 at the age of 93. Nancy passed away peacefully in her sleep at The Mather in Evanston. She is survived and loved by her children Ann, Joan, William, John, and Susan along with her daughter-in-law LaFern Cusack and son-in-law Dick Burke and Matthew Hunt and grandchildren Dylan Burke, Miles Burke, David Cusack, and Madeline Hunt. She is also survived by her sister, Claire Burnell, brother George Carolan and his wife Jacqueline and many beloved nieces and nephews and friends. Nancy was preceded in death by her husband Richard J. Cusack and her brother William Carolan. And her brother and sister-in-law Donald and Elizabeth Cusack.
Nancy was born and grew up in Newton MA. She went to Mount Alvernia Academy then attended and graduated from the College of New Rochelle in 1950 and received her master's degree from Boston College. She taught mathematics in the Boston school system and at the Ursuline School in Salzburg. She was a great tennis and basketball athlete and loved skiing. Returning to the United States she met and married Richard J. Cusack in 1960. They moved to Chicago the mid-1960s and raised their family in Evanston.
She was a political and social activist for civil rights, women's rights, nuclear disarmament and the permanent war economies that waste the earth. She worked in the soup kitchens started by Dorothy Day who founded The Catholic Worker. Nancy and Richard were greatly influenced by their lifelong friendship with the Berrigan brothers. She lived a life of commitment to serving others and speaking truth to power. She was arrested for peacefully protesting at the School of the Americas but never stood trial. She was an active member of the North Shore Peace Initiative among many other non-profits.
It is also important that it be known she was a passionate supporter of mocha frappuccinos and ice cream with way too much hot fudge sauce.
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