The Vermont woman killed in a deadly car crash in Bolton earlier this month was a dedicated state employee who loved her job as a chemist, the Department of Public Safety said.Officials mourned the death of 34-year-old Josephine Buckley, who was killed last Wednesday after police said her car went off the road in Bolton and was struck by another driver during a slippery commute.Buckley, who was known as “JB” to friends and co-workers, was a forensic chemist specializing in DNA and serology at the Waterbury lab, department officials said in a release about her death.“We are all devastated by the tragic death of JB, one of our valued employees who dedicated her time and expertise to serving the people of Vermont through her work at the Forensic Lab,” Public Safety Commissioner Jennifer Morrison said in a prepared statement. “On behalf of everyone at DPS, I extend our deepest condolences to her parents, extended family, loved ones and friends, and to her co-workers during this awful time.”Buckley grew up in Michigan and attended Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, for her undergraduate and graduate education, earning a bachelor’s degree in biology in 2011 and a master’s in secondary education and teaching in 2014, according to the release.She later earned a Master of Forensic Sciences in 2021 from Arcadia University and accepted a job at the Vermont Forensic Laboratory after graduation.“JB was a much beloved co-worker and adored by all who knew her,” said Dr. Trisha Conti, the director of the Vermont Forensic Laboratory, in a prepared statement. “Her loss is a devastation, but to have worked with her at all was a gift we will always cherish.” A funeral service will be held in the coming days in Richmond, with information on the date and time to follow.
The Vermont woman killed in a deadly car crash in Bolton earlier this month was a dedicated state employee who loved her job as a chemist, the Department of Public Safety said.
Officials mourned the death of 34-year-old Josephine Buckley, who was killed last Wednesday after police said her car went off the road in Bolton and was struck by another driver during a slippery commute.
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Buckley, who was known as “JB” to friends and co-workers, was a forensic chemist specializing in DNA and serology at the Waterbury lab, department officials said in a release about her death.
“We are all devastated by the tragic death of JB, one of our valued employees who dedicated her time and expertise to serving the people of Vermont through her work at the Forensic Lab,” Public Safety Commissioner Jennifer Morrison said in a prepared statement. “On behalf of everyone at DPS, I extend our deepest condolences to her parents, extended family, loved ones and friends, and to her co-workers during this awful time.”
Buckley grew up in Michigan and attended Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, for her undergraduate and graduate education, earning a bachelor’s degree in biology in 2011 and a master’s in secondary education and teaching in 2014, according to the release.
She later earned a Master of Forensic Sciences in 2021 from Arcadia University and accepted a job at the Vermont Forensic Laboratory after graduation.
“JB was a much beloved co-worker and adored by all who knew her,” said Dr. Trisha Conti, the director of the Vermont Forensic Laboratory, in a prepared statement. “Her loss is a devastation, but to have worked with her at all was a gift we will always cherish.”
A funeral service will be held in the coming days in Richmond, with information on the date and time to follow.
