Kathleen Etta Clarey

Kathleen Etta Clarey , born on October 30, 1918 in Kenosha , Wisconsin , died November 1, 2007 at the age of 89. She was preceded in death by her husband Jock Clarey in 1993, her parents, James G. and Etta (Funk) McNamara , a brother , Donald. Survivors are her children, John (Vicki) Clarey, Ann (Jack) Anderson, Katie (Sam) Valenti, Patty Clarey and Tim Clarey, 11 grandchildren, Kelly (Pat) Blake, John Clarey, Colleen (Greg) Parks, Katie (Adrian) Pisa, Jeff (Nancy) Anderson, Aimee Anderson, Nikki (Mike) Denvir, Sam Valenti, Rawlin Wood, Emily Konzen, Noah Konzen, 10 great grandchildren, (the latest being namesake, Kathleen Clarey Denvir), also a sister Betty Wilburg and a brother, Jerome McNamara . Kathleen was an active member of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church, former member of Pennock Hospital guilds and and church guilds, the Altar Society and a member of the Hastings Women's Club. In her early years Kathleen worked at Cooper Industries (Jockey) and for the FBI in Washington D.C. Kathleen enjoyed bridge, reading newspapers on her front porch and watching CNN, but family and friends were her first love. The family would like to express their deepest love and sympathy to the many friends who shared their lives with Kathleen. Memorials can be made to St. Rose School Education Fund 805 S. Jefferson St. Hastings, Michigan 49058 or the Jock Clarey Scholarship Fund C/O Hastings Athletic Boosters 520 W. South St. Hastings, Michigan 49058. Funeral Mass was held on Monday November 5, 2007 at 11:00am at St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church in Hastings, Fr. Alfred J. Russell Celebrant and Deacon Gene Haas . Burial was at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Hastings. Arrangements are by the Girrbach Funeral Home in Hastings. You may leave a message or memory to the family at (girrbachfuneralhome.net).