Catherine Mary (Kaye) McKenna (nee MacIsaac)
1924-2020
Mary Catherine McKenna
(née MacIsaac)
Oct. 3, 1924 – Aug. 5, 2020
After a long and productive life, Kaye has left us, peacefully, at the
age of 95. Much loved by her children: Kathleen (Richard Blackwell)
of Toronto, Colin (deceased), James of Calgary, Shelagh (Paul Smith)
of Bowmanville, Paul (deceased), and Christine (Jason Boyer) of
Toronto. Scrabble-playing Grandma to Alex, Liam and Julia Blackwell,
Jillian MacLaurin (Peter), Jennifer Dolan (Kris), Katie McKenna and
Kelsie Hammond (Josh Brown). Great-grandma to Colin MacLaurin, and
Eve and Trevor Dolan; and doggie-grandma to Rumba. She was
predeceased by James McKenna, her husband of 59 years, in 2014.
Kaye was one of 9 children born to Mary (Campbell) and Colin MacIsaac
in the oceanside village of Port Hood, Cape Breton Island. She moved
to Halifax right after high school at age 16 to work and help support
her family during WWII. Her career there included important supporting
roles in the telegraph office and the Eastern Air Command.
After the war she moved to Ontario, where she met and married Jim, a
handsome young Irishman. Together they raised six children in Galt
(now Cambridge) and were active in St. Patrick’s Parish. Kaye was a
talented bookkeeper, gardener, avid reader of history and proud
Maritimer. She also knitted countless sweaters and socks as gifts, and
will be missed by everyone who received them. Special thanks to her
caregivers at Kensington Gardens in Toronto (3E-South), where she
lived for her last two years. A Funeral Mass will be held on
Wednesday, August, 12, 2020 at 11 am at St. Patrick’s Church,
53 Wellington Street, in Cambridge, for family and those living
locally who wish to attend. No reception at this time. Donations may
be made to the Comboni Missionaries or the Kensington Health
Foundation. Arrangements entrusted to Corbett Funeral Home,
Cambridge, ON. (519)-740-0669
Our most sincere sympathies to the family and friends of Catherine Mary Kaye McKenna nee MacIsaac 19242020..
Death notice for the town of: Cambridge, Province: Ontario