Nancy Pyle

Nancy Pyle (; – July 14, 2023) was an American educator and politician. A Democrat, she served on the San Jose City Council from 2005 to 2012. Pyle was previously a school teacher and president of her local community college district board.

Early life and education Pyle grew up on a farm near Syracuse, New York, one of four children of Lawrence and Dorothy (Edwards) Halloran, dairy farmers who ran Gillie Brook Stables. and later earned a master's degree in Educational Administration from the United States International University in San Diego.

Career Pyle was an elementary school teacher and worked in the San Jose Unified School District for over 25 years before retiring from teaching in 1996. She then served on the San Jose-Evergreen Community College District board for 8 years, including a term as board president. In 2010, she helped raise half of the funding needed to keep a swim program open at Almaden Lake Park, and had the city provide the other half.

Personal life In 1960, she moved her family to San Jose. She divorced her first husband in 1969. She later met Roger Pyle, who would become her second husband.

Pyle died from complications of dementia in San Jose, California, on July 14, 2023, at the age of 85. She was survived by her second husband and her two children.