Gay A. Healy

1942 - 2024

Gay A. (Locke) Healy, 81, formerly of Windsor passed away on Monday, January 15, 2024 at Seabury in Bloomfield surrounded by her loving family after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.

Born in Hartford, CT on December 2, 1942, daughter of the late John Locke and the late Mariana Armstrong Locke. She attended both the University of Hartford and the University of Maryland, overseas extension.

Over the years, she lived in Louisiana; Havana, Cuba; Mexico City; Amenia, NY; Massachusetts; Peru; Chile; Mississippi; Florida; England; Belgium; France; England again; California & ultimately settling again in Connecticut, where she lived in Simsbury, Bristol, and then in Windsor for 30 years before moving to Ashford, followed by South Windsor, and then returning to Windsor at Delamere Woods. She retired from Aetna after 17 years, during which time she served on the Women's Club Board for six years, one as President from 1988 to 1989. She then worked for Travelers and MetLife for ten years until her final retirement in 2003.

Over the years, she was a former member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Rainbow Girls, Eastern Star, Junior League of Hartford, Junior Women's Club of Windsor, Windsor Civitan, and the Windsor Women's Club. She and her family enjoyed spending happy days from April to October at her summer home at Sun Valley Resort in Stafford Springs.

She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Healy, who she met and married while he was stationed in England with the Air Force. She is also pre-deceased by her half-brother, Gregory Locke. She is survived by her children, Tony Healy and his wife, Carol, and their two children, Katie and Bryan; John Healy and his wife, Cathy, and their two children, Shannon and Paige; and her daughter Laura McKeown and her husband, Patrick, and their two children, Kelcie and McKenna. She is also survived by her brother Kingsley Locke and his wife, Beverley and their children and families; her half-brother, Ricardo; and half-sister, Loretta Locke and their families. The family would like to thank the staff at Seabury for their compassionate care over the past three years.

Her family will receive friends on Thursday, January 18, 2024 from 4-7 PM at Carmon Funeral Home, 807 Bloomfield Ave., Windsor. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, January 19, 2024 at 10:00 AM at St. Damian of Molokai Parish-St. Gabriel Church, 379 Broad St., Windsor. Burial will be in Windsor Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Windsor.

In lieu of flowers donations may be made to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research or the Parkinson's Foundation. To leave on-line condolences please visit www.carmonfuneralhome.com