Kathleen Keen Sinnett

Kathleen Keen Sinnett

Kathleen Keen Sinnett was born to Lucile and Thomas Allin Keen in Memphis, Tennessee on October 7, 1928. On October 14, 2014, she passed away after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Kay spent time growing up in Hattiesburg, MS. She graduated from Hattiesburg High School in 1944. She earned her bachelor's and master's degrees from Ole Miss before moving on to complete her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Harvard (Radcliffe) in 1957. Notable career highlights include post-doctoral work at Menninger's Institute in Topeka, Kansas, and subsequent work on staff as a psychologist. In 1962, she moved to Manhattan, Kansas where she taught briefly at Kansas State, and then in 1966 started a successful private practice specializing in child and family psychotherapy that she retired from 38 years later. She balanced the demands of a successful career in psychotherapy with being a wife and a mother. She and her husband, E. Robert Sinnett, raised two daughters and assisted in the raising of two stepsons. Additionally, she made many contributions to her community as a volunteer for groups such as the Congregational Church, the Douglas Community Center, Headstart, hospice and the Red Cross. Kathleen Sinnett was preceded in death by her husband of 55 years, E Robert Sinnett. She is survived by daughters, Lucy Sinnett Schuler and Kate Sinnett; stepsons Brian and Dan Sinnett; son-in-law, Steve Schuler; sister, Lucy Morgan; brother-in-law, Richard Morgan; first cousin, Joy Ross Baggett; grandchildren Frederick and Kathleen Schuler, and Evan Markowski. Memorial service to be held Sunday, October 26th at the Danforth Chapel on the Kansas State Campus at 4:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to Alzheimer's Disease Research, www.brightfocus.org/alzheimers/