Kay is survived by her beloved daughter, Bette J. Anderson, her brother-in-law Garfield Anderson, sister-in-law Frances Fawkes, and brother-in-law Melvin Morrow, plus numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents Michael and Helen Kinakin of Kamsack, Saskatchewan, brother Michael Kinakin who was killed in the Second World War, her sister Vera Tother and sister Helen Morrow.
Her family were of Russian descent, building and living in a commune near Shouldice, set up by Queen Alexandra of Russia to bring people to Canada, where Kay was born. Another move was made to Kamsack, where the family farmed and made a life work growing agriculture. Katherine (Kay) moved to Calgary as a young girl at age sixteen, to get away from the hard work life of candling eggs and working at packing plants. Here in Calgary she found life-long friends and her future husband, Robert J. Anderson (who was a police officer at that time) at the Isis Theatre where she worked.
She was dedicated to her family, friends, and her twenty-nine years at the Calgary Co-op, and her gardening, always planning for the next year, how the garden will look and what to grow. She always looked forward to visitors, always having something to offer them for their visit. Kay had a wicked sense of humor and some strong opinions that could be called upon in tough times by anyone who needed her or just wanted to laugh, putting them at ease even with a listening ear, and her way at looking at life was to keep it simple and not to put up with the BS. Her favorite saying "Happy Happy Joy Joy". She will be missed with heavy hearts by all of us, but her gardens will be the memorial that she lives on.
Funeral Service held in the Chapel of Mountain View Funeral Home on Monday, May 26, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
From obituary published in the Calgary Herald on 5/23/2008.
Her family were of Russian descent, building and living in a commune near Shouldice, set up by Queen Alexandra of Russia to bring people to Canada, where Kay was born. Another move was made to Kamsack, where the family farmed and made a life work growing agriculture. Katherine (Kay) moved to Calgary as a young girl at age sixteen, to get away from the hard work life of candling eggs and working at packing plants. Here in Calgary she found life-long friends and her future husband, Robert J. Anderson (who was a police officer at that time) at the Isis Theatre where she worked.
She was dedicated to her family, friends, and her twenty-nine years at the Calgary Co-op, and her gardening, always planning for the next year, how the garden will look and what to grow. She always looked forward to visitors, always having something to offer them for their visit. Kay had a wicked sense of humor and some strong opinions that could be called upon in tough times by anyone who needed her or just wanted to laugh, putting them at ease even with a listening ear, and her way at looking at life was to keep it simple and not to put up with the BS. Her favorite saying "Happy Happy Joy Joy". She will be missed with heavy hearts by all of us, but her gardens will be the memorial that she lives on.
Funeral Service held in the Chapel of Mountain View Funeral Home on Monday, May 26, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
From obituary published in the Calgary Herald on 5/23/2008.
Kay is survived by her beloved daughter, Bette J. Anderson, her brother-in-law Garfield Anderson, sister-in-law Frances Fawkes, and brother-in-law Melvin Morrow, plus numerous nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her parents Michael and Helen Kinakin of Kamsack, Saskatchewan, brother Michael Kinakin who was killed in the Second World War, her sister Vera Tother and sister Helen Morrow.
Her family were of Russian descent, building and living in a commune near Shouldice, set up by Queen Alexandra of Russia to bring people to Canada, where Kay was born. Another move was made to Kamsack, where the family farmed and made a life work growing agriculture. Katherine (Kay) moved to Calgary as a young girl at age sixteen, to get away from the hard work life of candling eggs and working at packing plants. Here in Calgary she found life-long friends and her future husband, Robert J. Anderson (who was a police officer at that time) at the Isis Theatre where she worked.
She was dedicated to her family, friends, and her twenty-nine years at the Calgary Co-op, and her gardening, always planning for the next year, how the garden will look and what to grow. She always looked forward to visitors, always having something to offer them for their visit. Kay had a wicked sense of humor and some strong opinions that could be called upon in tough times by anyone who needed her or just wanted to laugh, putting them at ease even with a listening ear, and her way at looking at life was to keep it simple and not to put up with the BS. Her favorite saying "Happy Happy Joy Joy". She will be missed with heavy hearts by all of us, but her gardens will be the memorial that she lives on.
Funeral Service held in the Chapel of Mountain View Funeral Home on Monday, May 26, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
From obituary published in the Calgary Herald on 5/23/2008.
Her family were of Russian descent, building and living in a commune near Shouldice, set up by Queen Alexandra of Russia to bring people to Canada, where Kay was born. Another move was made to Kamsack, where the family farmed and made a life work growing agriculture. Katherine (Kay) moved to Calgary as a young girl at age sixteen, to get away from the hard work life of candling eggs and working at packing plants. Here in Calgary she found life-long friends and her future husband, Robert J. Anderson (who was a police officer at that time) at the Isis Theatre where she worked.
She was dedicated to her family, friends, and her twenty-nine years at the Calgary Co-op, and her gardening, always planning for the next year, how the garden will look and what to grow. She always looked forward to visitors, always having something to offer them for their visit. Kay had a wicked sense of humor and some strong opinions that could be called upon in tough times by anyone who needed her or just wanted to laugh, putting them at ease even with a listening ear, and her way at looking at life was to keep it simple and not to put up with the BS. Her favorite saying "Happy Happy Joy Joy". She will be missed with heavy hearts by all of us, but her gardens will be the memorial that she lives on.
Funeral Service held in the Chapel of Mountain View Funeral Home on Monday, May 26, 2008 at 11:00 a.m.
From obituary published in the Calgary Herald on 5/23/2008.
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