Kratky-Mennenga, Katherine "Kaye" 1934-2011

KRATKY, MENNENGA, HARTY, SCHOENING

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Date: 5/7/2014 at 09:33:11

Katherine "Kaye" Kratky-Mennenga
July 17, 1934 - October 2, 2011

Obituary
Katherine "Kaye" Kratky-Mennenga , 77, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2011 at Arbor Springs in West Des Moines. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, October 6, 2011 at Ankeny Funeral Home. Funeral services will be 11a.m. Friday at Ankeny First United Methodist Church with burial at Lincoln Township Cemetery.

Kaye worked as a Teacher's Associate for the Ankeny School System for 27 years, from 1972-1999. She was a member of the Ankeny First United Methodist Church for 53 years and enjoyed devoting her time to Martha's Circle. She was a quilter and an excellent seamstress-even sewing her daughter's wedding dress. She had some of her creative creations selected to be in the August 1990 Holiday Craft issue of Better Homes and Gardens. She had a lot of artistic and decorative talent. Her friends would often call her for decorating ideas.

She is survived by her husband, Curtis, sons Stephen (Karen) Kratky and Todd Kratky, both of Ankeny, grandsons, Joshua and Andrew, great-grandson Aiden, and brother Gary Harty of Belmond.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Kratky, her parents, Maynard and Geneva Harty, daughter Klarissa Schoening, and sister-in-law Mary Harty.

The family would like to thank all of the staff at Arbor Springs for their excellent and loving care of Kaye.

Memorial Contributions may be directed to the Alzheimer's Association. ~ The Ankeny Funeral Home, Ankeny, Iowa, Wed 5 Oct 2011.