Kay Marie Grotbeck

1941 - 2022

KAY MARIE LINDE GROTBECK
Kay Marie Linde Grotbeck passed away peacefully in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on February 28, 2022, having dedicated her life to government and community service, social justice, racial and gender equality, freedom of choice, environmental conservation, family, friendships, love and compassion for every living being.
Kay was born to Woodrow Peterson and Dorothy Danies in Rush City, MN, on October 22, 1941. She graduated from Sibley High School and the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN, and taught political science and economics at Rudyard High School in Upper Michigan. She married Ronald Lee Grotbeck in 1964, and had three sons: Christopher, Carter and Creighton. On military assignments, they lived in Montgomery, AL, Washington, D.C., Dayton, OH, and Albuquerque, NM. Kay and Ron divorced in 1993, and Kay spent the rest of her life living and working in (and for) New Mexico, in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Cochiti Lake. Kay was active in the League of Women Voters, the Sierra Club, the Conservation Voters' Alliance and the Democratic Party. She attended the Church of Religious Science in Santa Fe and was affiliated with Hillside Community Church in Albuquerque.
Kay is survived by her three sons and one step-daughter, her brother Nels Linde of Clear Lake, WI, sister Barbara Sunderland, of Savannah, GA, and sister Linnea Klingel of Cottonwood, AZ, as well as two nieces, four nephews, four grand-children, a great niece and a great nephew.
Please see www.danielsfuneral.com for funeral service information.