Kathleen P. "Kay" Walford

Kathleen P. “Kay” Walford, age 95, of Brooklyn, passed away Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at Brooklyn Community Estate, Brooklyn, Iowa. A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Brooklyn, with Father Scott Lemaster officiating. Visitation will be from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, May 30, 2023, with a Rosary Recited at 3:30 p.m., at Kloster Funeral Home, Brooklyn. Inurnment will be in the Brooklyn Memorial Cemetery, Brooklyn. A memorial fund has been established.

Kathleen Phyllis Roth was born on October 7, 1927, in Brooklyn, the daughter of William Frank and Beulah (Brimmer) Roth. She graduated from Brooklyn high school in 1945. Kay was united in marriage to Stanley S. Walford, on July 29, 1946, at St. Patrick’s Rectory, in Brooklyn. She was a member of the St. Patrick’s Catholic Church Altar and Rosary since 1945. Kay worked as an assistant librarian with Joyce Douglas Morgan for many years. She was also a kindergarten aide at BGM school from 1976-1980. But most importantly, Kay was a housewife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. She enjoyed music, dancing with Stanley, doing crafts, planting flowers and gardening.

Kay is survived by her husband of 76 years, Stanley; five children, David (Anne) Walford, of Grinnell, Mark (Joan) Walford, of Glencoe, MN, Jeanne (Tom) Hollopeter, of Brooklyn, Mary (Lee) Ohler, of Brooklyn and Jennifer Bidler, of Des Moines; eight grandchildren, Heather and Lisa Hollopeter, Amy (Nick) Arens, Lukas (Alyssa) Walford, Jakob Walford, Kristin (Jeremy) Kohout, and Lukas’s, Jakob’s and Kristin’s mother Deb Walford, Megan Walford, and Olivia Ohler; 11 great-grandchildren, Emma, Brooke and Jessa Kohout, Chryton, Graydon and Daxtyn Arens, Hailey Henry, Charles and Margaret Walford, Oliver and Nelson Walford; Kay was preceded in death by her parents, William and Beulah Roth and three sisters, Norma DePauw, Geraldine Burns and Marilyn Green.