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Faye Nye Ostrom

February 3, 1924 - June 10, 2021

Faye Nye Ostrom, resident of Glenaire Retirement Community, Cary NC since 2000, died on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Faye was born on February 3, 1924 in Robeson County, NC to George and Edna Nye. After Red Springs High School graduation and a year of secretarial school, she worked 21 years: 7 years each as a bank clerk, bookkeeper, and medical secretary. Subsequently, she earned BA degrees in English and Spanish from Pembroke State College (now UNC Pembroke University) and taught at Carolina Military Academy, Maxton, NC prior to employment as a counselor with the Employment Security Commission, Lumberton, NC. She did graduate work at East Carolina and North Carolina State University. She retired in 1986 after working for 18 years as a field representative for the Social Security Administration. Faye was predeceased by husbands, Lambert Lewis in 1977 and Herbert Ostrom in 1999; brothers, Jerry and Phares Nye, and sisters, Georgia Edwards and Millie Anderson. Surviving are her niece and companion, Linda Dale Edwards, and several other nieces and nephews. A Memorial service will be held at Glenaire, 4000 Glenaire Circle, Cary, NC on Saturday, August 7, 2021 at 2:00 pm. Memorials my be made to The Presbyterian Homes Foundation Inc., Glenaire, 4000 Glenaire Circle, Cary, NC 27511 or The Faye Nye Lewis Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Scholarship, UNC Pembroke, PO Box 1510, Pembroke, NC 28372. Condolences my be sent to www.capefearcrematory.com

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Faye Nye Ostrom, resident of Glenaire Retirement Community, Cary NC since 2000, died on Thursday, June 10, 2021. Faye was born on February 3, 1924 in Robeson County, NC to George and Edna Nye. After Red Springs High School graduation... View Obituary & Service Information

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