Montpelier, VT Natalie Higgins, 87, of Westview Meadows died on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at her home. She was born on October 18, 1928 (her father's birthday) in Framingham, MA, the daughter of Edward A. Higgins, Sr. and Beatrice I. (DesRosiers) Higgins. She graduated from Framingham High School and later received her Associates Degree from Framingham State College. After a winter ski-bumming in New Hampshire, she worked her entire career as a Medical Technologist for the Framingham Union Hospital. Natalie was a wonderful seamstress. She also enjoyed knitting and would often make her young nieces and nephews sweaters and hats. She enjoyed crossword puzzles and keeping in touch with her relatives and friends with beautiful handwritten letters. Her wonderful Framingham neighbors enabled her to live in her own home until 2013, when she moved to Montpelier. Earlier this year, Natalie registered to vote in Montpelier specifically to cast a ballot for Bernie. The family appreciates the staff of Westview Meadows for their superb care, eternal patience, and good humor. Survivors include her sister-in-law, Therese Higgins of Montpelier; nieces and nephews, Michele Hill and her husband, Roger of Worcester and their children, Jocelyn and Dylan, Marc Higgins and his wife, Beatriz Lopez of Maryland, and their children Nicholas and Christopher, Bob Higgins and his wife, Tracey of South Burlington and their children, Carter and Spencer, Steve Rourke and his wife, Connie of Oregon, and their daughter, Sarah Jane, Nancy Nuti of California and her children, Ryan, Calvin, and Danielle, David Turner and his wife, Linda of California, and their daughter, Hayley, and Mark Turner and his wife Huijin Li of Australia and their children, Beatrice and Berenice Li-Turner; and cousins Ann Manguso and her husband Tom of Cape Cod and Mark DesRosiers and his wife Kathy of Washington State. She was predeceased by a great-niece, Madeline Higgins; and her siblings,baby sister Dorothy Anne Higgins. Edward Higgins, Adele Walters, and Beatrice Turner and her husband, Drew. There will be no calling hours or funeral service. Gatherings in Vermont and Massachusetts will be scheduled at the convenience of the family.