Barbara A. Drake of Morgan Hill, California, died on Nov. 13, 2025, at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in San Jose, California. She was 83 years old.
Barbara was born on Feb. 1, 1942, in the Bronx, and was a graduate of St. Pius R.C. High School in the Bronx. In her professional career, she worked as a senior contract officer for NASA for 39 years. She was also a member of St. Catherine of Alexandria R.C. Church in Morgan Hill, California.
Predeceased by her parents, Mary and Frank, and siblings, Frank Bugdin and Patricia Walsh, Barbara is survived by her children, Jeffrey Dell and Wendy (Cundari); four grandchildren and her brother, Robert Bugdin.
The liturgy of Christian burial will be celebrated on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 11 a.m. at St. Isidore R.C. Church in Riverhead. Interment will follow at St. John the Evangelist R.C. Cemetery in Riverhead. DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Mattituck is serving the family.
