Mrs. Nancy (Maher) Higgins of Weston died Saturday, July 8, 2006 in her home. She was 65. Born in Waltham, Mrs. Higgins had lived in Weston for forty years. She was a recreation assistant for the Epoch Senior Healthcare in Weston for twenty years. Mrs. Higgins was the mother of the late Thomas Patrick Higgins, the daughter of the late Harold and Loretta (Rhodes) Maher, and the sister of the late Lorraine Charles and Elizabeth Cabral. She is survived by her daughter Holly A. Knight and her husband, Philip, of West Newton, her grandchildren, Riley and Christopher Knight, and many nieces and nephews. The Funeral Mass will be offered on Wednesday at 10 am in Saint Julias Church, 374 Boston Post Road, Weston. Burial will be in Linwood Cemetery, Weston. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 330 Congress Street, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02110. Arrangements by the Joyce Funeral Home, Waltham.