Nancy J. VanDerLeest, 51, Stratford, died after a courageous battle with cancer on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Ministry St. Joseph's Hospital Palliative Care, surrounded by her family & friends. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, December 2, 2015 at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Stratford, with Rev. Sengole Vethamanickam officiating. Burial will take place in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Town of Eau Pleine, Marathon County and serving as pallbearers will be Jeff Andres, Jason Andres, Tom VanDerLeest, Mark VanDerLeest, Ryan Kieffer and D.J. Manlick. The visitation will be held on Tuesday from 4:00 pm until 8:00 pm at Sauter / Rembs Funeral Home, Stratford and on Wednesday from 10:00 am until service time at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. A Knights of Columbus rosary service will be held on Tuesday at 6:30 pm at the funeral home. Nancy was born on December 4, 1963 in Marshfield, the daughter of Edward and Shirley (Manlick) Andres and was a 1982 graduate of Marshfield Senior High School. She was united in marriage to Dennis E. VanDerLeest on September 9, 1989 at St. Andrew's Catholic Church, Rozellville. Before her marriage she had been employed at Weinbrenner Shoe Factory and then at the Marshfield Clinic for 27 years, where she worked until the present time. Nancy was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and the Parish Council of Catholic Women. She enjoyed scrapbooking, taking pictures, aerobics and fitness. She is lovingly survived by her husband, Dennis and their daughters, Jordyn and Cassidy VanDerLeest all of Stratford. She is also survived by her mother, Shirley Andres of Marshfield and her siblings, Linda (Bruce Teska) Brandt, Jeff Andres, Julie Andres, and Jason (Sarah) Andres. She is further survived by her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Ann (Dave) Kundinger, Edward (Denise) VanDerLeest, Joe (Kim) VanDerLeest, Louise (Gene) Kolb, Vern (Rhonda) VanDerLeest, Pete (Trish) VanDerLeest, Rita (Mike) Ihm, Tom (Brenda) VanDerLeest, Tina (Mark) Boland, and Sue (Doug) Schoenfuss and many nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins. She was predeceased by her father, Edward Andres, her father-in-law and mother-in-law, Harry and Dorothy VanDerLeest, two nephews, Jason VanDerLeest and Nicholas Ihm, her grandparents, Norman and Margaret Manlick, Edward and Mary Andres, Sr. and her Godmother, Nancy Adamek. Condolences may be sent online to www.rembsfh.com