Lois Clay

Former Alaska resident Lois Dorothy "Kitty" Clay died at home June 14, 2008, in Sequim, Wash., of cancer. She was 78.
At her request, there will be no service.
Kitty was born Nov. 17, 1929, in Bloomingdale, Ill., to Harold and Ellen Young. When she was an infant, her family moved to St. Paul, Minn., where she was raised listening to her father's dream of seeing Alaska.
Kitty graduated from high school in 1947. In 1948, Kitty, her cousin and her best friend moved to Alaska. Kitty met Don Clay and the two were married in Anchorage on May 28, 1949.
After having her four children, Kitty started her airline career with Pacific Northern Airlines in 1966, retiring from Western Airlines (purchaser of PNA) in 1987. She and Don traveled until building their retirement dream home in Sequim in 1989.
Kitty was very devoted and active in her children's lives. She greatly loved travel, visiting with friends and spending time at her lakefront cabin at Question Lake, just south of Talkeetna.
Kitty is survived by her husband of 59 years, Don; sons and daughters-in-law, Mike and Carol, Mitch and Diane, and Scott and Lynn; daughter and son-in-law, Cindy and Larry Hinkle, all of Anchorage; grandchildren, Matt, Christine, Brett, Candy, Jessica and Amanda of Anchorage, Dustin and Jason of Wasilla, Melissa of Spicewood, Texas, and Melissa of Cheyenne, Wyo., Donald of Winter Park, Fla., and Jacob of Monterrey, Calif.; and several great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her granddaughter, Carey Hope Clay; sister, Bette Asmus; and brother, John Young.
Condolences may be sent to Don Clay, 340 S. Olympic View Drive, Sequim, WA 98382.