Obituary: Ann Toomey Bugdal, 58

Ann Toomey Bugdal, 58, died peacefully early Monday morning, April 30, at her home in Hamilton Township after a valiant five-year struggle with endometrial cancer.

Ann was raised in Lawrence Township and was a lifelong resident of Mercer County. She graduated from Notre Dame High School and Rider College after which she worked as an executive secretary at Educational Testing Service for 14 years. She then joined her husband’s financial advisory business where she managed the office until a progression of her cancer forced her to retire reluctantly.

In addition to her working career, Ann played guitar in the folk music groups of the churches that she attended. She also was a full-time mother that was especially engaged in the scouting activities of her son and daughter. Ann organized the Thanksgiving food drives of the Adoptive Parents Organization. She loved gardening and had a talent for capturing nature through her photography.

Ann was the daughter of the late Joseph and Ruth Toomey as well as the mother of the late Sarah Ann and J. Christopher. She is survived by her husband Donald; her children Andrew and Colleen; her sister Alice Bull and her husband Richard of East Stroudsburg, Pa.; her brother-in-law Robert Bugdal and his wife Ann of Lawrence; her sister-in-law Marianne Newell of Morrisville, Pa.; and her many friends, cousins, nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, May 5, at 11 a.m. at , 1253 Lawrence Rd., Lawrence Township. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hamilton.

Family and friends are invited to call on Friday from 5 to 9 pm at , 650 Lawrence Rd., Lawrence Township. There will be no calling hours at the funeral home Saturday morning.

The family requests that contributions in Ann’s memory be made to Boy Scouts of America Central Jersey Council, 2245 Highway 130, Suite 106, Dayton, N.J. 08810-2420 www.cnjcscouting.org or to Girl Scouts of Central & Southern New Jersey, 40 Brace Rd., Cherry Hill, N.J. 08034 www.gscsnj.org or Notre Dame High School, c/o Development Office, 601 Lawrence Rd., Lawrenceville, N.J. 08648