Mary Agnes Carey

Mary Agnes (Bergeron) Carey, 84, of West Hartford passed away on February 8th, 2019 at St. Francis Hospital. She was born in Willimantic, CT the daughter of Florina and Florimond Bergeron. She was an honor student at Windham High School. She then moved to Hartford where she graduated from the Saint Francis Hospital School of Nursing, class of 1955. She began her career in nursing at St. Francis Hospital where she met her loving husband of 50 years, James Michael Carey, who predeceased her in 2012. Aggie and Jim moved to West Hartford in 1968 where they raised their family and were active for many years in their hospital, school and church communities. Aggie was a devoted mother to daughter Kathleen Agnes Gauthier and her husband Christopher of Weatogue and to son John Patrick Carey and his wife Kristin of New York City. She was a loving “Gramma C.” to Madeleine Agnes, Brigid and Coleen Gauthier and to Patrick, Cameron and Jordan Carey. She is also survived by her sister Germaine Agro and her family. Aggie was born to be a nurse and from a very young age she knew she would be an RN. She said it was a Gift from God that called her to care for others who were sick or less fortunate. For more than 40 years she dedicated her life to caring for children in the pediatric ward at St. Francis Hospital. She worked especially closely with Cystic Fibrosis patients and their families. Aggie was a parishioner at The Church of Saint Timothy for over 50 years where she was a greeter and a regular participant in a weekly Bible Study group. Later in life she continued to help the less fortunate collecting “day old” breads and pastries from the supermarket and bringing them to shelters in town. A talented athlete in her day, she spent many hours on the sidelines cheering her grandchildren at soccer, softball, lacrosse and baseball games and also at swim meets and dance performances. Calling hours will be Thursday, February 14th, 2019 from 4 to 7 p.m. at The Church of St. Timothy, 1116 North Main St., West Hartford. Funeral Services will be Friday February 15th, 2019 with the celebration of a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in The Church of Saint Timothy, West Hartford. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, https://www.cff.org/ or to Alzheimer’s Foundation of America, https://alzfdn.org/?s=donation. Directions and condolences may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com.

Mary Agnes Carey

February 8, 2019