OWENS, Kathleen (Morgan) 1910-2003

OWENS, MORGAN, BAKEWELL, MICHALSKI, LAWRENCE, QUADY, GLOWACKI, VIOLANTE, JOHNSON

Posted By: SGF
Date: 8/6/2003 at 06:29:01

Kathleen Mary (Morgan) Owens, 93, a former resident of Charles City, passed away March 2, 2003 at her home in Lakeland, Florida, attended by her loving son, John Owens. Kathleen Mary Morgan Owens was born February 17, 1910 to Francis B. and Anna (Bakewell) Morgan in New Albin, IA. She attended Clark College in Dubuque IA. where she met her future husband, Raymond P. Owens. She also studied at the Chicago Art Institute. Ray and Kay had eight children and settled in Charles City, Iowa. When her husband died in 1950, Kay returned to the University of Northern Iowa to earn a degree in education and art. She taught elementary school at Immaculate Conception and at Marble Rock. She later moved her family to Torrance, California, where she taught until 1972 when she retired to Maricopa, AZ. In 1978 she came out of retirement and taught at Maricopa Elementary School.
Wherever she lived, Kay was an active member of the community volunteering many hours in community service. She was named Woman of the Year for 1978-79 of the Maricopa's chapter of the Business and Professional Women's Club. She served as public relations chairwoman for two years and represented the club at the district and state level. In Maricopa, she set up a library and helped re-establish it after the damaging floodwaters of 1983. Kay moved to Mesa in 1986 and continued her painting in acrylic and oils in her retirement. She voluntarily managed the gift shop and library at the retirement community where she lived until she moved to Lakeland, Fl. in 1997. She was a member of the Order of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, which meant a great deal to her throughout her life. Her life stands as an example to her children of the strength she derived from her faith. Survivors include four daughters: Patricia Michalski of Saginaw, MI; Kathleen Lawrence of Oceanside, CA; Maurita Quady of Lompoc, CA. and Susanna Glowacki of Maricopa, AZ.; three sons: John Owens of Lakeland, FL.; Raymond Owens of San Antonio, TX. and Ambrose Owens of Austin, TX; two sisters, Marguerite Violante and Marietta Johnson of Chandler, AZ; a brother, John Morgan of Missoula, MT; 27 grandchildren, 2 step-grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren, 6 step great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond; a son, Charles James; two granddaughters, Mary Kay Owens and Laurie Ann Lawrence; and four brothers, Lawrence, Earl, Daniel, and James Morgan.
A funeral mass for Kathleen Owens was held on 26 April at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Charles City. Monsignor Stanley Hayek and Monsignor Joseph Slepicka concelebrated the Mass.

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