Helen B. Kay

KAY, HELEN B., (CORBETT) 73, of Linden Road, Barrington, passed away unexpectedly at Lancaster General Hospital, Lancaster, Pa., on Saturday, August 9, 2008. She was the beloved wife of the late F. Roy Kay, Jr., to whom she was married for fifty years.

Born in Philadelphia on November 17, 1934, Mrs. Kay was the daughter of the late William J. and Helen B. (Drain) Corbett, she lived in Barrington for 32 years.

Helen was the bookkeeper and office manager at Cain and Divver Insurance Company in Pawtucket, R.I. through 1997 when she retired. She was a communicant of St. Luke Church in Barrington, and a member of the Rumstick Rollers Bowling League.

She is survived by four daughters, Helen K. Gelinas, and her husband George, of Pliezhausen, Germany; Sharon K. Messore, and her husband, Michael, of Barrington; Susan K. Pendleton, and her husband, Craig, of Saco, Maine; and Jennifer K. Anchukaitis, and her husband, Mark; twelve grandchildren, and by a brother, John H. Corbett, of Cheltenham, Pa. She was predeceased by two brothers, William J. Corbett, Jr., of Lancaster, Pa., and Leo F. Corbett, of Glenside, Pa. She was also the grandmother of the late Christopher J. Messore.

Her funeral will be held on Saturday, August 16, from the W. RAYMOND WATSON FUNER AL HOME, 350 Willett Avenue, Riverside, at 8:45 with a Mass of Christian Burial at St. Luke's Church, Washington Road, Barrington, at 10 A.M. Burial will follow at Swan Point Cemetery, Blackstone Blvd., Providence.

Calling hours are Friday, from 5 to 8 P.M. Flowers are respectfully omitted. Contributions in Helen's memory to the American Multiple Sclerosis Society, 205 Hallene Road, Suite 209, Warwick, RI 02886 would be deeply appreciated.