Obituary: Mary Bourret, Retired Auxiliary Services Employee

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Mary (Murphy) Bourret, 67, of Northampton, a retired auxiliary services employee, died June 20.

Born Feb. 16, 1951 in Mt. Kisco, New York, she spent her early childhood in Yorktown Heights, New York, before moving with her family to Sunderland and attending Frontier Regional High School.

She worked as head beverage server at the Blue Wall from 1980-89 and again from 1993-94. She held the same post at the Top of the Campus from 1989-90 and at the Hatch from 1990-93. She worked in various dining commons from 1994 until her retirement in 2000.

She is survived by her children, Todd Bourret and his partner Jen Liu; Allison Bourret Lawrence and her husband Ben Lawrence; brothers Peter Murphy and his wife Linda, David Murphy and his wife Cindy, Robert Murphy and his partner Pamela Kappel, and Matthew Murphy and his wife Piper; sister Pamela Paulin and her husband David; and Frank Wdowiak, her partner of 19 years.

Donations in her name may be made to the Northampton Survival Center, www.northamptonsurvival.org