Saratoga, N.Y. - Judith Boucher Hanley, a mother of four and a retired school teacher with 35 years of service, died Thursday (Dec. 23, 2010) surrounded by family at her home in Saratoga Springs, after a valiant seven-month struggle with cancer. She was 67 years old. Mrs. Hanley was born in Glens Falls in August 1943, the second oldest of eight children of Neil and Kathryn Roberts Boucher of Ft. Edward. Upon graduation from Ft. Edward High School in 1961, she attended the State University of New York at Buffalo where she earned a degree in education in 1965. That fall, she began her teaching career in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. as a first grade teacher. Later, she taught for six years in the Westchester County communities of Ardsley and Tarrytown and in Pearl River in Rockland County. She earned a masters degree in remedial reading at the College of New Rochelle, N.Y. in 1973 with a specialty in diagnosing and treating reading disabilities. In 1976, she accepted a teaching position in Tenafly, N.J., as a seventh grade English teacher. She went on to spend 29 years there, during most of which she taught second grade at Smith School. Soon after she retired in 2005, she and her husband of 42 years, Robert, returned to the region of her childhood on the southern edge of the Adirondacks. She joined the McGregor Links Country Club in Wilton and became active in the clubs Ladies Golf Association. She and Robert also had time to pursue their interest in travel and took trips to the Mediterranean and to Hawaii. She also enjoyed weekly and monthly bridge games with friends, family and duplicate groups. She also belonged to the American Contract Bridge League. Mrs. Hanleys love of reading extended beyond the classroom to the shores of Belgrade Lakes, ME, where she enjoyed sharing and discussing books with friends during the five summers she and Robert spent there after their retirement. From athletics to travel to higher education, Mrs. Hanley was proud of her childrens accomplishments and an enthusiastic supporter of their pursuits. Her deep devotion to her four children was similar to the dedication she provided to the hundreds of children she taught over 35 years. She took great delight in her students endeavors in and out of the classroom. As both a mother and a teacher, she was recognized as being caring, selfless and light-hearted. Before moving to Saratoga, Mrs. Hanley and her family lived for 31 years in Glen Rock, N.J. Mrs. Hanley is survived by her husband Robert, and her children, Rebecca, of Manhattan, Jay, of Nantucket, MA, John, of Seattle, WA, Kate and her husband Tom Garrette of Washington, D.C. She is also survived by her mother, Kathryn Boucher, who is 92; two brothers, Richard, of Swannanoa, N.C., and Michael of Queensbury, N.Y.; and four sisters, Marilyn Kupetz, of Queensbury, Jeanne Tackett, of Corinth, N.Y.; Kathy Sweet, of Ft. Edward, and Colleen Boucher, of Lake George, N.Y. Philippa Boucher, another sister, died in Ft. Edward in July 2009. She also leaves 28 nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the library at Smith School in Tenafly, N.J. or the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (www.pancan.org). Relatives and friends may call from 5 to 8pm Monday (Dec. 27, 2010) at the William J. Burke & Sons/Bussing & Cunniff Funeral Homes, 628 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs (584-5373). A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10am Tuesday in St. Clement's Roman Catholic Church, 231 Lake Avenue, Saratoga Springs by the Rev. Neil Draves-Arpaia. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery, West Avenue. The family would like to extend an invitation to all after the burial to the Prime Restaurant at the Saratoga National Golf Course for food and fellowship. (458 Union Ave., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 - 583-4653). Online remembrances may be made at www.burkefuneralhome.com.