Kathleen Finn

1926 - 2014

Kathleen T. Finn, 88

WORCESTER - Kathleen Teresa (Scanlon) Finn died December 17, 2014 at the Notre Dame Long Term Care Center.

She was born on June 22, 1926, the daughter of the late James and Mary Ann (Dolan) Scanlon. She was a lifelong resident of Worcester and graduated from Commerce High School, Class of 1944 and Ward Business School. While still in high school, she worked for the Department of Labor and Industry at City Hall, later working there as a secretary upon graduation.

Kathleen, known to friends and family as "Kitty," and her late husband, Robert Finn, owned a shop in Northborough, Mass. for many years selling nationwide and specializing in Bob's own designs for weathervanes and colonial reproductions. A devoted mother and homemaker, she also enjoyed her many years at their shop as an active partner with her husband in his many creative endeavors. From 1979 to 1992, she was an executive secretary to the director of the Worcester YWCA.

Kitty was a member of Blessed Sacrament Church and the Guild of Our Lady. She was a Brownie leader and an avid reader. Desiring to share, she learned how to Braille at Temple Emmanuel.

She was a member of the Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians. She enjoyed travelling especially her several trips to Ireland visiting family in Mayo and Leitrim as a first generation Irish-American.

She leaves her son Brendan Finn and his wife Danielle of Barre, a daughter Eileen Jundzil and her husband William of Bellingham, a sister Ann Gormley of Boca Raton, Fla., granddaughters Lisa Boland of New Ipswich, N.H., and Chelsea Finn of Providence R.I., and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Robert Finn, her brother, James Scanlon, and her sister, Marie Scanlon.

The family also wishes to thank the staff at Notre Dame Long Term Care Center for its kind and thoughtful care of Kitty this past year as well as the help of Elder Services of Worcester.

Calling hours at the Athy Memorial Home are Sunday, December 21, from 3 to 5 p.m. The funeral will be Monday, December 22, from the funeral home with a Mass at 11 a.m. in Blessed Sacrament Church, 555 Pleasant St., Worcester. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Leicester.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to The Memorial Foundation for the Blind, 799 West Boylston St., Worcester, MA 01606, or to Guide Dogs for the Blind, P.O. Box 3950, San Rafael, CA 94912(http://www.guidedogs.com).