A Seattle-area philanthropist who once lived in a beautiful nearly $5 million lakeside home has died at the age of 93. Nancy Skinner Nordhoff died of natural causes on January 7. Nordhoff was born into one of Seattle's great philanthropic families, the youngest child of Winifred Swalwell Skinner and Gilbert W. Skinner, according to the Seattle Times. It was later that decade that she first met Hays while she was working to build a women's writers' retreat. In addition to Hays and her three children, Nordhoff is now survived by seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Source: Daily Mail January 21, 2026 14:24 UTC