Barbara L. (Perry) Hutchinson, 86, a longtime resident of Natick, died December 31, 2018 at Eliot Center for Health and Rehabilitation.
Barbara was born in Newton, the daughter of the late Frank J. and Kathryn (Purple) Perry, and attended Newton schools. A member of Newton High School’s class of 1950, she was class secretary and a member of the National Honor Society. Mrs. Hutchinson later attended Katharine Gibbs School in Boston and worked for many years for the city of Newton as a secretary.
She was wife of the late Henry M. Hutchinson, a retired officer with the Natick Police Department who died in 2005. They moved to Natick in 1962 and after retirement lived a few years in Florida and Arizona before returning to Natick.
Barbara is survived by three children, Leslie Beggs of Forest Hill, MD, Robert Hutchinson of Attleboro and Cheryl Puzzo of Ashland; six grandchildren, Robert Zonghi of Framingham, Samantha Roman of Jacksonville, AR, Shannon Hutchinson of Dennis, and Nicole Puzzo Cohen, Ryan Puzzo and Trenton O’Connor, all of Ashland; four great-grandchildren, Bobby, Declan, Braydon and Lexi; her brothers, Richard Perry of Natick and David Perry of Canton, and many nieces, nephews and friends.
She was also the mother of the late Sandra Zonghi and the late Donald Hutchinson, a former employee of the town of Natick.
Family and friends are invited to a visitation in John Everett & Sons Funeral Home, 4 Park Street, at Natick Common, on Tuesday January 8, 2019 from 4:00-7:00 P.M. Burial will be private at Glenwood Cemetery.