Barbara J. Bouley, 80, a resident of The Hearth at Southbury and a former resident of Woodbury and of Heritage Village in Southbury, died on Sunday, December 13, 2015, after suffering from complications brought on by Parkinson's disease. She was a widow at the time of her death, having lost her husband of 41 years, Raymond J. Bouley, who died in June 2012.
Mrs. Bouley was born on September 2, 1935, in Littleton, Colorado. She attended college during the 1950s at St. Mary's College of Notre Dame in Indiana, which was then an educational facility exclusively for women. After graduating, she moved to New York City and began a career in the publishing business, working first in the offices of Parade magazine, and then at The Macmillan Company, book publishers. After working 20 years in the publishing business, she went back to school to earn two separate master's degrees from New York University and Fordham University in occupational therapy and social work. That accomplished, she launched a new career and spent most of it working at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in New York before retiring in 1997 and moving to Heritage Village with her husband.
She was the youngest of five children of William W. and Margaret (Nolan) Heckethorn, and she was predeceased by all four of her older siblings: William R. Heckethorn, John E. Heckethorn, Mary C. Duckworth, and Anne B. Hartnett.

Cemetery: New North Cemetery

Location: Munson-Lovetere Woodbury

Funeral: St. Teresa's Church

Services: Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 19, at 12: 00 p.m. at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Woodbury. Burial will follow in New North Cemetery, Woodbury.

Visitation: Mrs. Bouley's nephew, Bill Duckworth, his wife Jennifer and their two children, Willem and Anna, will hold a visitation service from 3 to 6 p.m. on Friday, December 18, at Munson-Lovetere Funeral Home, 2 School St., Woodbury.