Published in The Sierra Vista Herald (November 16, 2014):
Kay passed away on Oct. 25, 2014, in Hereford, Arizona, after a long battle with dementia.
Kay was born and raised in New York, the daughter of William F. and Kathleen M. (Delaney) Aldridge. She had three wonderful siblings Don, Audrey, and Bill.
Kay was raised with a very strong work ethic and a love of country. She followed her parents’ “Naval footsteps” and proudly served as a WAVE in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
After the war she settled down to raise her three children Karen, Cory, and Duane as a single mom. She worked as a secretary at Seafood High School and Junior High, where in her spare time she organized clothing drives to help impoverished Native Americans keep warm in the cold Dakota winters.
She attended night school and became a nurse in 1970. She worked her 18-year nursing career at the Nassau County Medical Center, where she helped establish the first hospice unit at the hospital.
After retirement she moved to Sierra Vista, Arizona, where she lived for more than 10 years, volunteering for the local Sierra Vista Hospice. Kay moved to Payson, Arizona, and again volunteered for hospice for several years before returning to the Sierra Vista/Hereford area.
Kay was preceded in death by her parents, brother Bill, and niece Peggy.
She leaves behind her brother and sister; her three children; five granddaughters; four great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews, friends, and care workers.
Kay loved to garden and to volunteer with hospice. She fully believed that death was the beginning of a new journey and tried to ease the fear of dying in those who preceded her in death.
Being a nurse, Kay was an advocate for those in the field of nursing, and late in life she had the opportunity to “pin” two of her granddaughters at their nursing graduation.
Her sons and daughter are proud of the job she did in life and thank her for passing on her strong work ethic and love of country.
Kay passed away on Oct. 25, 2014, in Hereford, Arizona, after a long battle with dementia.
Kay was born and raised in New York, the daughter of William F. and Kathleen M. (Delaney) Aldridge. She had three wonderful siblings Don, Audrey, and Bill.
Kay was raised with a very strong work ethic and a love of country. She followed her parents’ “Naval footsteps” and proudly served as a WAVE in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
After the war she settled down to raise her three children Karen, Cory, and Duane as a single mom. She worked as a secretary at Seafood High School and Junior High, where in her spare time she organized clothing drives to help impoverished Native Americans keep warm in the cold Dakota winters.
She attended night school and became a nurse in 1970. She worked her 18-year nursing career at the Nassau County Medical Center, where she helped establish the first hospice unit at the hospital.
After retirement she moved to Sierra Vista, Arizona, where she lived for more than 10 years, volunteering for the local Sierra Vista Hospice. Kay moved to Payson, Arizona, and again volunteered for hospice for several years before returning to the Sierra Vista/Hereford area.
Kay was preceded in death by her parents, brother Bill, and niece Peggy.
She leaves behind her brother and sister; her three children; five granddaughters; four great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews, friends, and care workers.
Kay loved to garden and to volunteer with hospice. She fully believed that death was the beginning of a new journey and tried to ease the fear of dying in those who preceded her in death.
Being a nurse, Kay was an advocate for those in the field of nursing, and late in life she had the opportunity to “pin” two of her granddaughters at their nursing graduation.
Her sons and daughter are proud of the job she did in life and thank her for passing on her strong work ethic and love of country.
Published in The Sierra Vista Herald (November 16, 2014):
Kay passed away on Oct. 25, 2014, in Hereford, Arizona, after a long battle with dementia.
Kay was born and raised in New York, the daughter of William F. and Kathleen M. (Delaney) Aldridge. She had three wonderful siblings Don, Audrey, and Bill.
Kay was raised with a very strong work ethic and a love of country. She followed her parents’ “Naval footsteps” and proudly served as a WAVE in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
After the war she settled down to raise her three children Karen, Cory, and Duane as a single mom. She worked as a secretary at Seafood High School and Junior High, where in her spare time she organized clothing drives to help impoverished Native Americans keep warm in the cold Dakota winters.
She attended night school and became a nurse in 1970. She worked her 18-year nursing career at the Nassau County Medical Center, where she helped establish the first hospice unit at the hospital.
After retirement she moved to Sierra Vista, Arizona, where she lived for more than 10 years, volunteering for the local Sierra Vista Hospice. Kay moved to Payson, Arizona, and again volunteered for hospice for several years before returning to the Sierra Vista/Hereford area.
Kay was preceded in death by her parents, brother Bill, and niece Peggy.
She leaves behind her brother and sister; her three children; five granddaughters; four great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews, friends, and care workers.
Kay loved to garden and to volunteer with hospice. She fully believed that death was the beginning of a new journey and tried to ease the fear of dying in those who preceded her in death.
Being a nurse, Kay was an advocate for those in the field of nursing, and late in life she had the opportunity to “pin” two of her granddaughters at their nursing graduation.
Her sons and daughter are proud of the job she did in life and thank her for passing on her strong work ethic and love of country.
Kay passed away on Oct. 25, 2014, in Hereford, Arizona, after a long battle with dementia.
Kay was born and raised in New York, the daughter of William F. and Kathleen M. (Delaney) Aldridge. She had three wonderful siblings Don, Audrey, and Bill.
Kay was raised with a very strong work ethic and a love of country. She followed her parents’ “Naval footsteps” and proudly served as a WAVE in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
After the war she settled down to raise her three children Karen, Cory, and Duane as a single mom. She worked as a secretary at Seafood High School and Junior High, where in her spare time she organized clothing drives to help impoverished Native Americans keep warm in the cold Dakota winters.
She attended night school and became a nurse in 1970. She worked her 18-year nursing career at the Nassau County Medical Center, where she helped establish the first hospice unit at the hospital.
After retirement she moved to Sierra Vista, Arizona, where she lived for more than 10 years, volunteering for the local Sierra Vista Hospice. Kay moved to Payson, Arizona, and again volunteered for hospice for several years before returning to the Sierra Vista/Hereford area.
Kay was preceded in death by her parents, brother Bill, and niece Peggy.
She leaves behind her brother and sister; her three children; five granddaughters; four great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews, friends, and care workers.
Kay loved to garden and to volunteer with hospice. She fully believed that death was the beginning of a new journey and tried to ease the fear of dying in those who preceded her in death.
Being a nurse, Kay was an advocate for those in the field of nursing, and late in life she had the opportunity to “pin” two of her granddaughters at their nursing graduation.
Her sons and daughter are proud of the job she did in life and thank her for passing on her strong work ethic and love of country.
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