(KNZA)--Former longtime Brown County Register of Deeds Nancy Prawl is being remembered.

Prawl, of Hiawatha, died Tuesday at a hospice house in Topeka at the age of 80.

She was elected Register of Deeds in 1976 and took office in January 1977. Prawl retired in December of 2003 after serving the residents of Brown County for twenty-seven years. During her tenure, she implemented many changes in the Register of Deeds Office.

A celebration of life service for Prawl will be held Saturday morning at 11:00 at the Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, in Hiawatha. The family will will meet with friends one hour prior to the service.

Among survivors are a daughter, Penny Milroy.