KAY, Kermit E. 1913-1999

KAY, HOUSE, GRIFFEN

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/17/2010 at 12:14:08

OBITUARY: Kermit E. Kay

MASON CITY - Kermit E. Kay, 85, of 324 Second St. N.E., died Tuesday (May 18, 1999) at the Good Shepherd Health Center.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Major Erickson Funeral Home, 111 N. Pennsylvania Ave., with the Rev. Kenneth Hatland of Trinity Lutheran Church officiating. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 8 p.m. today and Friday morning until time of services at Major Erickson Funeral Home.

Memorials may be given to the Kermit E. Kay Memorial Fund.

Kermit was born May 28, 1913, in Otranto, the son of James L. and Mary M. (House) Kay. The family moved to Mason City when Kermit was 13 years old. He graduated from Mason City High School.

He served three active years in the National Guard and three years in the reserves.

He married Dorothy B. Griffen on Jan. 29, 1939, in Mason City. He worked for Jacob E. Decker and Sons Meat Packing Plant for 42 years, retiring in 1975.

Through the years, Kermit did various types of handyman work in the Mason City area. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church, and 32-year member of the Moose Lodge.

He liked to visit with residents of the Good Shepherd Health Center every Tuesday afternoon. He enjoyed cooking and baking for family and friends and had scrapbooks devoted to Indians and old Automobiles.

Kermit is survived by his wife, Dorothy B. Kay, of Mason City; daughter, Sandra J. Lichman, of Mason City; and son, Steve Kay and his wife, Ellen, of Mason City; four grandchildren, Bradley L. Lichman, James R. Kay, Jason S. Kay and Chris Kay; and many nieces and nephews.

Kermit was preceded in death by his parents, six brothers and three sisters.

Major Erickson Funeral Home, (515) 423-0924.

[ Mason City Globe Gazette Online Obituaries ]
Thursday, May 20, 1999