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Kathleen Teresa “Kitty” <I>Scanlon</I> Finn

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Kathleen Teresa “Kitty” Scanlon Finn

Birth
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
17 Dec 2014 (aged 88)
Worcester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Kathleen Teresa Scanlon Finn died at the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center. She was the daughter of the late James and Mary Ann Dolan Scanlon. She was a lifelong resident of Worcester and graduated from Commerce High School, Class of 1944 and Ward Business School. While still in high school, she worked for the Department of Labor and Industry at City Hall, later working there as a secretary upon graduation.

Kathleen, known to friends and family as "Kitty," and her late husband, Robert Finn, owned a shop in Northborough, Mass. for many years, selling nationwide and specializing in Bob's own designs for weathervanes and colonial reproductions. A devoted mother and homemaker, she also enjoyed her many years at their shop as an active partner with her husband in his many creative endeavors. From 1979 to 1992, she was an executive secretary to the director of the Worcester YWCA.

Kitty was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church and the Guild of Our Lady. She was a Brownie leader and an avid reader. Desiring to share, she learned how to Braille at Temple Emmanuel. She was a member of the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. She enjoyed travelling especially her several trips to Ireland visiting family in Mayo and Leitrim as a first generation Irish-American.

She leaves her son Brendan Finn and his wife Danielle of Barre, a daughter Eileen Jundzil and her husband William of Bellingham, a sister Ann Gormley of Boca Raton, Fla., granddaughters Lisa Boland of New Ipswich, N.H., and Chelsea Finn of Providence R.I., and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Finn, her brother, James Scanlon, and her sister, Marie Scanlon.

Visitation: Athy Memorial Home
Mass: Blessed Sacrament Church, Worcester.
Burial: St. Joseph's Cemetery in Leicester.
Kathleen Teresa Scanlon Finn died at the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center. She was the daughter of the late James and Mary Ann Dolan Scanlon. She was a lifelong resident of Worcester and graduated from Commerce High School, Class of 1944 and Ward Business School. While still in high school, she worked for the Department of Labor and Industry at City Hall, later working there as a secretary upon graduation.

Kathleen, known to friends and family as "Kitty," and her late husband, Robert Finn, owned a shop in Northborough, Mass. for many years, selling nationwide and specializing in Bob's own designs for weathervanes and colonial reproductions. A devoted mother and homemaker, she also enjoyed her many years at their shop as an active partner with her husband in his many creative endeavors. From 1979 to 1992, she was an executive secretary to the director of the Worcester YWCA.

Kitty was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church and the Guild of Our Lady. She was a Brownie leader and an avid reader. Desiring to share, she learned how to Braille at Temple Emmanuel. She was a member of the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. She enjoyed travelling especially her several trips to Ireland visiting family in Mayo and Leitrim as a first generation Irish-American.

She leaves her son Brendan Finn and his wife Danielle of Barre, a daughter Eileen Jundzil and her husband William of Bellingham, a sister Ann Gormley of Boca Raton, Fla., granddaughters Lisa Boland of New Ipswich, N.H., and Chelsea Finn of Providence R.I., and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Finn, her brother, James Scanlon, and her sister, Marie Scanlon.

Visitation: Athy Memorial Home
Mass: Blessed Sacrament Church, Worcester.
Burial: St. Joseph's Cemetery in Leicester.

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  • Added: Sep 28, 2019
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203384867/kathleen_teresa-finn: accessed ), memorial page for Kathleen Teresa “Kitty” Scanlon Finn (22 Jun 1926–17 Dec 2014), Find a Grave Memorial ID 203384867, citing Saint Josephs Cemetery, Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by RowWalker (contributor 46489843).