Nancy Diane Carey

With great sorrow and bittersweet gratitude, on March 21st, 2024 the kind, witty, caring and unimaginably generous wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend, Nancy Diane Carey passed away after her three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in Putnam on February 26th, 1966, Nancy was the youngest child to Edward “Eddie” & Barbara Bourque. In her childhood, Nancy was very joyous. She spent large amounts of her childhood in kitchens with her mother & her Aunt Vida learning to cook but most importantly bake. She was a member of both the Renegades & Sword Excalibur Drum Corps performing in the flag line and holding the American flag. She met her husband, William Carey, on May 7th of 1988 on a blind date in Newport, Rhode Island. They got married the following year on September 30th, 1989, and spent many of their years traveling and exploring new places, eating good food, and making new friends before they welcomed their 3 children: Elizabeth Carey Broadbridge, Ellen Carey & Thomas Carey. As described by anyone who met her, Nancy was the kindest person you’d ever meet. From giving away thousands of Christmas cookies every year without fail to making friends with every single person she met, Nancy was incredibly compassionate and thoughtful. She loved sunsets or “sky blue pink”, vacations to far away places, cooking, baking, reading, and a good sale. She was a part of so many organizations, more prominently historical organizations like the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Mayflower Society, the Preservation Society of Newport County, along with many more organizations she was not only a part of but gave to every year. Nancy is survived by her husband William Carey, her children Elizabeth Broadbridge, her husband, Peter Broadbridge and their daughter Lucy Broadbridge, Ellen Carey & Thomas Carey. She is also survived by her mother Barbara Bourque, her siblings Bruce Bourque, Wayne Bourque, Laurie Basset, Linda Tiffany, & Michael Bourque along with their spouses, her many nieces & nephews, their children, and countless friends, colleagues & acquaintances. A service celebrating Nancy’s life will be held on March 30, 2024 at 10:00 am at the Molloy Funeral Home 906 Farmington Ave. West Hartford. Friends may call March 29th, 2024, from 2:00 -4:00 PM & 7:00 – 9:00 PM at Molloy Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, a donation can be made in Nancy’s name to the Regional Cancer Care Charities to benefit the Regional Cancer Care Associates of West Hartford, whose incredible staff went above and beyond to make sure she had every option at her disposal and tried everything they could to fight cancer with her. https://rcccharities.org/how-to-donate/

Nancy Diane Carey

March 21, 2024