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Olive Mackey, 102, of Brooklyn, formerly of Eastford and Glastonbury, CT, died October 28, 2013 at the Pierce Memorial Baptist Home in Brooklyn, CT
She was born January 25, 1911 in South Glastonbury, CT, daughter of the late Ernest N. and Annie O. (Platt) Mackey.
Olive worked 46 years as an Executive Secretary for the Aetna Insurance Company in Hartford. She had made her home in South Glastonbury and Hartford most of her life, moving to Eastford, CT in 1980, a graduate of the Glastonbury High School Class of 1927, and a 1929 graduate of the Merchants and Bankers Business School in Hartford. In 1929 she was awarded the State Championship in Short Hand. She was a member of the Christ Church Episcopal in Pomfret, CT, a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Betty Putnam Chapter #106 in South Woodstock and the Good Intent Chapter #17 in Glastonbury.
She was predeceased by her brother Edward H. Mackey. She leaves a niece Martha D. Pepper Hitchcock, and close friend Patricia Logan both of East Hampton, CT.
Graveside Services will be held Thursday October 31, 2013 in Old Church Cemetery, Main Street, Glastonbury, CT. Donations may be made in her memory to The Christ Church, PO Box 21, Pomfret, CT 06258. To share a memory with her family, “Light a Candle” at www.smithandwalkerfh.com