Kathleen L. Corey

Kathleen (Lindall) Corey, 87, of Main St., died Tuesday June 24, 2008 in the Quaboag on the Common Nursing Home. She is survived by five children, Scott Corey and his wife Sharon of Oakham, Donald Corey of Sturbridge, Paul Corey and his wife Carol of Hermon ME., Megan Booth and her husband Jim of Watsonville, CA and Ann MacGregor and her husband Mark of American Canyon,CA; one brother, James Lindall of Tampa, FL; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. She was born in Florence, Kansas, daughter of the late Hildebert C. and Henry Etta (Bergquiest) Lindall and grew up in Tampa, Florida being one of seven children. She graduated from Hillsboro High School and during World War II moved to Michigan to work in the Defense plants and there decided to join the Navy where she became a Specialist Control Tower Operator. Kathleen was a graduate of Syracuse University in New York and State Teachers College in Fitchburg. Kathy or "Sis" as she was known to by family members, loved spending summers with her family at Indian Rocks Beach in Florida. She also loved teaching 3rd grade at the Grove Street School in Spencer where she taught for many years. After retiring in 1986 she continued working as a substitute teacher in Leicester until she was 80 years old. A Funeral Service for Kathleen will be held Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 10:00 AM in the Varnum Funeral Home, Inc., 43 East Main St., West Brookfield. There are no calling hours. Burial will be held privately in the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Agawam. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in her memory to the Heifer Project International. P.O. Box 8058, Little Rock, AR 72203. The Corey Family would like to thank all of the staff at the Quaboag on the Common for their kindness and compassion to Kathleen over the past six months.