Nancy W. Heady

Nancy attended Kenwood Academy of the Sacred Heart in Albany, NY and then graduated from Searles High School in 1947.  After high school, she attended Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in New York City graduating in June of 1948.

In August of 1948 Nancy married Paul Merritt Heady and they celebrated 52 years of marriage.  When their three children were of school age, Nancy began her career at Fairview Hospital as a Medical Secretary.  She subsequently worked at her father’s practice until his retirement in the early 80’s.  She then worked for Dr. William Adam’s Orthopedic practice.

Nancy was a member of the Thursday Morning Club, the Fairview Hospital Auxiliary and was a volunteer at the Fairview Hospital Endoscopy Department, a position which she loved and held until shortly before her death.

Nancy is survived by her three children; Pamela Ivey and her partner Edward Delmolino, Paula Doyle and her husband Thomas and her son Merritt Brooks Heady and his wife Gail.  She also leaves her ten grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren; Mara and Ben Handy and their children Maile, Sam & Issi, Neil and Sara Ivey and their children Jackson and Lindsey, Carrie and Richard Herrington and their children Elle, Emma & Edmond, Hilary and Joel Mueller and their children Ivey Ann, Raiford, Mabel & Emily, Emily and Andrew Williams and their children Laura Ann & Abigail, Ayren and Paul Pfeifer and their children Mardi & Max, Brooks Anne and Shawn Burdick and their children Charles & Cecelia,  Courtney Ivey, Jordan and Nicole Moskowitz and their son Harrison and Ashli and Peter Staszko and their children Merritt and Molli.  She is also survived by her sister Betsy Wildman and her son Christopher Storti of Arizona.

Along with her parents, Nancy was also predeceased by her sister Hannah W. Agar and her brother Edward “Tim” Wyman, her two nieces Kim and Lisa Storti and her two nephews Mason and Timothy Whalen.

SERVICES: Liturgy of Christian Burial for Nancy Heady will be celebrated on Friday, August 18th at 12:00 p.m. at St. Peter’s Church, Main Street, Great Barrington, conducted by Rev. William P. Murphy, pastor.  Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in Great Barrington.