Obituary for Catherine Anne "Kay" Gorham (Carpenter)
FORT EDWARD
Catherine A “Kay” Gorham, 79 passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 12, 2019 surrounded by her family following a brief illness.
Born January 16, 1940, in Glens Falls, NY she was the daughter of the late James and Alice Carpenter. She was one of seventeen children.
Kay loved playing pool and was an avid golfer. She also loved biking and traveling with the love of her life, her husband Ray. When she was home she enjoyed being by the pool with her family. Kay will be missed by many as she was a large presence in a small community. She was also known by many as Aunt Kay or Grandma Kay at the Fort Edward School where she worked as a lunch lady even until recent years.
In addition to her parents, Kay was preceded by her beloved husband Raymond Gorham, her sister Jean Matt, her brothers, John, Robert, Joe, Jim, Bill, Paul, Dick, and Butch Carpenter.
She is survived by her children, Jeffrey Gorham, Jonell Gorham, Catherine Kholstinin, and Amy Walker (Peter Sturn), her grandchildren, Paige and Samantha Walker, Emilie Gorham, and Gabriella Kholstinin, her great-grandchildren ,Tristan Nellis and Adelyn Snyder, her brothers; Fran (Doris) Carpenter, Michael (Colleen) Carpenter, her sisters Helen O’Connell, Sally Trainor, Carolyn Cutler, Jackie (Michael) Pasterchick, and Cindy (Kenneth) Baker, her sisters-in-law Jean (Gifford) Bull, Sally (Frank) Covell and Laura Carpenter and so many nieces and nephews who all loved her like a mom.
Friends may call from 4-7pm on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the M.B. Kilmer Funeral Home, 82 Broadway, Fort Edward, NY 12828.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10am in Monday, December 16, 2019 at St. Joseph’s Church, 164 Broadway, Fort Edward.
Rite of Committal will follow Mass at St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
The family would like to express their gratitude for all who cared for Kay during her illness, especially the Glens Falls Hospital Tower 6 and 2. Also, our Hospice Nurse, Kellie Foley. She provided us with comfort and peace.
Memorial donations in Kay’s name can be made to a charity of one’s choice.
Catherine A “Kay” Gorham, 79 passed away peacefully on Thursday, December 12, 2019 surrounded by her family following a brief illness.
Born January 16, 1940, in Glens Falls, NY she was the daughter of the late James and Alice Carpenter. She was one of seventeen children.
Kay loved playing pool and was an avid golfer. She also loved biking and traveling with the love of her life, her husband Ray. When she was home she enjoyed being by the pool with her family. Kay will be missed by many as she was a large presence in a small community. She was also known by many as Aunt Kay or Grandma Kay at the Fort Edward School where she worked as a lunch lady even until recent years.
In addition to her parents, Kay was preceded by her beloved husband Raymond Gorham, her sister Jean Matt, her brothers, John, Robert, Joe, Jim, Bill, Paul, Dick, and Butch Carpenter.
She is survived by her children, Jeffrey Gorham, Jonell Gorham, Catherine Kholstinin, and Amy Walker (Peter Sturn), her grandchildren, Paige and Samantha Walker, Emilie Gorham, and Gabriella Kholstinin, her great-grandchildren ,Tristan Nellis and Adelyn Snyder, her brothers; Fran (Doris) Carpenter, Michael (Colleen) Carpenter, her sisters Helen O’Connell, Sally Trainor, Carolyn Cutler, Jackie (Michael) Pasterchick, and Cindy (Kenneth) Baker, her sisters-in-law Jean (Gifford) Bull, Sally (Frank) Covell and Laura Carpenter and so many nieces and nephews who all loved her like a mom.
Friends may call from 4-7pm on Sunday, December 15, 2019 at the M.B. Kilmer Funeral Home, 82 Broadway, Fort Edward, NY 12828.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10am in Monday, December 16, 2019 at St. Joseph’s Church, 164 Broadway, Fort Edward.
Rite of Committal will follow Mass at St. Joseph’s Cemetery.
The family would like to express their gratitude for all who cared for Kay during her illness, especially the Glens Falls Hospital Tower 6 and 2. Also, our Hospice Nurse, Kellie Foley. She provided us with comfort and peace.
Memorial donations in Kay’s name can be made to a charity of one’s choice.