Ava S. Bubly

Ava S. Bubly aged 60 of Sharon, MA passed away on March 22 after a ten-year battle with breast cancer. She leaves her mother Gloria Bubly and sister Berylee Bubly of Sharon, a brother Gary Bubly, MD and his wife Karen Smigel, MD of Somerset, MA, and niece Alison Bubly and her husband Adam Feinstein of Jamaica Plain, niece Rachel Bubly, MD and her fiancé Daniel Pfeffer of Long Island City, NY, as well numerous aunts and cousins. She is pre-deceased by her father Daniel Bubly of Sharon.

Ava graduated from the Sharon Alternative High School in 1979 and then Brown University where she majored in theater arts. She then attended UCLA film school where she studied computer graphics and computer animation. She worked in Los Angeles, then moved to a job in New York city for two years before returning to work at Metrolight in Los Angeles.  Her work drew her to live and work in Taiwan before returning to the east coast. Her computer graphics work appeared in several movies, commercials, and notably the 1992 flying Olympics logo graphics.

Ava loved nature and wildlife, from the domestic baby ducks and chickens she raised, to the wild turkeys, ducks and geese that were abundant at her family’s yard.

Ava’s battle with breast cancer was truly remarkable. That she hung on for a decade was truly a story of epic survival and wonderful medical care.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations to breast cancer research would be appreciated:  Dana Farber Cancer Institute, P.O. Box 849168, Boston, MA 02284.

Services will be private.