Katherine E. Doney, 95

Katherine E. Doney, born Dec 8, 1917 died Aug 31, 2013 age 95. Kaye was born in Ladywood, Manitoba, Canada to Katherine and Peter Dennis. She was the middle child of 7 sisters and one brother.

Kaye was always interested in traveling. It was this driving force that took her from a small town in Manitoba to Toronto, Canada. There she worked for the Canadian Government. Her travels took her to faraway places like Cuba and Hawaii. It was in Hawaii that she met the love of her life, Fred. She was on vacation, he was in the Navy. They married in 1953 and settled in Vermont. Their first child, Debra Gail was born in 1954. In 1955 they moved to California. Their son Richard was born in 1957.

After moving to California, Kaye worked for an insurance company for many years. After retirement, she began to volunteer at St. Vincent Hospital and the Pomona Valley Hospital. She loved her time as a volunteer and served over 6000 hours. She and Fred also enjoyed traveling. They went on over 15 cruises and many land tours including China and Africa. She was also an active member of her church choir. In 1998 they were selected to sing for the Pope, and off to Rome she went.

After Fred passed away, Kaye moved to Idaho to be closer to her family. At age 90 she continued to keep herself busy by volunteering at Kootenai Medical Center. Her job was to deliver flowers and cards to patients. She loved her many friends that she made there.

The family would like to thank George and Kim Ciccone and the wonderful staff at Country Comfort Assisted Living for their loving care and attention to mom during her stay with them.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sister; Madeline, Caroline, Elsie, Mary and brother, Joseph, and her beloved husband, Frederick. She is survived by her children, Debra Gail Lane (Henry) and Richard, grandchildren; Tim and Julie Lane, sisters; Anne of North Hollywood and Ada of Canada and special family members, David and Amanda Lane and Alex, Trent, David and Daniel and Jennifer Lane.

Memorial Mass will be Oct. 4th 2013 at 11:00 am at St Pius Church. In lieu of flowers please send donations to Kootenai Health, Festival of Trees Foundation. Bell Tower Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.