Carolyn Jean Grady

Boonville- Carolyn Jean Grady, 72, passed away suddenly at her residence on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. She was born in Utica, on August 13, 1943, a daughter of Eugene M. "Pete" and Stella Karpinski Doolen. Later she moved to Boonville, with her family where they purchased a farm on East Road, in Boonville. She completed her education in Boonville, graduating from high school with the Class of 1961. Thereafter Carolyn attended SUNY Plattsburg, where she majored in Business. For many years Carolyn lived in Poughkeepsie, where she operated a deli and operated a kennel where she raised Standard Poodles and cared for dogs. In the late 1980's she relocated to Taberg and for twenty years was employed as a financial auditor for Bank of NY Mellon, at Oriskany, retiring in 2010. In 2006, she moved to Boonville, later moving to her parents' home on the East Road. Carolyn was of the Catholic faith and she greatly enjoyed keeping up with her many friends on face book and playing computer games. She had a tender sport in her heart for animals of all kinds and greatly enjoyed watching the farm animals outside her windows at her home. She is survived by a nephew, Peter Prosser, Boonville, and by cousins, aunts and uncles. She was predeceased by her parents, and her siblings; Nancie Doolen, in 1984, and Penny Prosser, in 2005. She is also survived by her beloved pet feline friend, "Ink." Relatives and friends are invited to attend a visitation on Monday, from 2-4 p.m. at Trainor Funeral Home, Inc. 143 Schuyler St. Boonville, where a service will be held at 4 p.m. A spring interment will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Boonville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Rome, P.O. Box 4572, Rome, NY 13442.