Kathleen Mary "Kathy" McHugh, 61, of Princeton Borough, died Thursday, June 30, 2011 at the University Medical Center at Princeton after a lengthy illness.

Born in Philadelphia, PA, she was a graduate of the Temple University BSN program. She began her working career as a Registered Nurse in the Emergency Room and then the Critical Care Unit at RWJ at Hamilton, the former Hamilton Hospital, in Hamilton, NJ. Later in her career, she worked as a school nurse in the Princeton Regional School System.

In addition to being a homemaker and caring for her family, Kathy was an avid traveler, scuba diver and outdoors person.

Kathy was predeceased by her mother, Patricia Fielding Townsend. Surviving are her husband, Dr. Charles McHugh, her daughter and son, Deborah and Daniel McHugh, father, Frank Townsend, four brothers; James, Thomas, Robert and Joseph and her sister Patricia.

At the request of the family, services were private.

Donations in her memory may be made to Princeton HealthCare System Foundation at princetonhcs.org.