Kathryn Kay (Moore) Calter, 78 years old, died unexpectedly July 11th at Good Samaritan Medical Center, surrounded by her family. Kay was the beloved wife of the late Thomas Calter Jr. for 42 years, in 2002 she married George Matthews. Daughter of the late Joseph and Florence (McKinnon) Moore, sister of Barbara Ford of Brighton and the late Joseph Moore of Randolph. Born and raised in Brookline and south Boston, she made her home in Avon for the past 54 years. She was a graduate of St. Marys High School in Brookline class of 1949. Following high school, she was employed in the clerical union for the MBTA. After getting married to Tom and having a family, she returned to work once all of her children were in school. She enjoyed working part time mothers hours as a waitress at various local diners. In 1978 she began working as a dietician at Pilgrim Center in Braintree, a facility for criminally troubled teenagers, operated by the Archdiocese of Boston. Throughout her years of service she always found a way to overlook the bad and only see the good in all of her boys, who lovingly referred to her as Ma. Prior to her 8 year battle with Alzheimers, she was an active member and past president of the Avon VFW Ladies Auxiliary, St. Michaels Church Sodality and volunteered her time to many charitable events. She played a vital part in the success of several Christmas Bazaars held at St. Michaels Church. She was an avid Red Sox fan and even during her final hours, she was watching a game. While raising 6 children and taking on the roles of wife, mother, grandmother, homemaker, community and church worker, she always had time for friends and fun. She enjoyed knitting, blitz bingo, bowling on the Avonettes league, Friday night girls card club and vacationing, especially to Aruba. Kay is survived by her children Jay Calter and his wife Chris of Brockton, Sate Representative Tom Calter and his wife Patty of Kingston, Janet Bessette and her husband Marc of Minnesota, Joanne Mains and her late husband Charlie, Nancy Foster and her husband Kevin, Julie Schales and her husband Ron all of Avon, 14 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. Funeral from the Hurley Funeral Home, 134 So. Main St. (Rte. 28), Randolph, Friday at 9:45 a.m. followed by a funeral Mass in St. Michaels Church, Avon at 10:30 a.m. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. Visiting hours Thursday 4 - 8 p.m. Interment St. Michaels Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations in Kays memory may be made to the organizations that are important to the Calter Family: Old Colony Hospice, 1 Credit Union Way, Randolph 02368, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) 60 Walnut St, Wellesley Hills, MA 02481 or Alzheimers Foundation of America, 311 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA 02472.


Published in The Patriot Ledger on July 14, 2010