Lorraine Kay (Gaumitz) Nussbaum

Lori was born in Columbus, Wisconsin on February 15, 1958 and grew up in Fall River, WI on a 38 acre sheep farm. After graduating from high school, Lori went to UW Oshkosh to pursue a degree in Special Education. She met John Nussbaum at a Halloween party there in 1978. Lori earned her degree and married John a few months later on July 26, 1980. She spent the next several years raising her children and volunteering at their schools. She got the opportunity to become a teacher assistant full time in 1995 and loved the next 22 years of working with kids with special needs and in regular education classrooms. In 2008, she was named Teacher Assistant of the Year at Knightdale Elementary and was in the top ten of all Wake County Public Schools. She was a member of the Ladies Guild and taught 1st grade CCD at St. Eugene Catholic Church for many years.

Survivors include her husband of 39 years, John Nussbaum; two children: Amy (Matt) Lott of Richmond, VA and Brian (Maranda) Nussbaum of Morrisville, NC; three sisters: Terri Cook of Waupaca, WI, Linda (Raymond) Kan of Fort Atkinson, WI, and Ida Gaumitz of Mesa, AZ; and two grandchildren: Jocelyn Lott and Nolan Lott.

She is preceded in death by her parents Wilmer (Bill) and Esther Gaumitz.

Memorials may be directed to Duke Health - DUH Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Programs (giving.dukehealth.org) and LAMB Foundation of NC, Inc.

Sincere thanks to all the doctors and nurses at the Duke Adult Bone Marrow Transplant Clinic, Transitions LifeCare and the many family and friends whose visits, calls and cards meant so much.                                                                                                                        

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