Obituary of Katheleen "Kay" Roberts

ROBERTS: Kay (Katheleen) Roberts (née Furey). August 14, 1931 – November 21, 2018 Kay was born on August 14, 1931 to James and Kathleen Furey of Firdale, Manitoba. She was the youngest of nine children and in her youth, she was like her brothers during the depression. She did her chores, played sports, hunted small game for the table and worked hard in school. She watched her four brothers go to war and saw two come home. Then she met Jack and she married him in 1950. She had three kids, her two girls Mary-Jane (Dick Slatcher of Stonewall) and Sandra K. (Roberts of Saskatoon) then Tim (Mimi Fortin of Black Diamond, Ab.) She made teaching her profession earning a BA part-time in the sixties while raising three kids. She developed her career over nearly three decades in several schools from a one room School House to her specialty as special needs Teacher. She has two grand-children Shawn (Lisa) and Kerry (Shohn) and her four-great grand-children Brittany, Rylan, Brody and Sierra. She followed her Grand and Great-Grands with keen interest and took great pride in their scholastic and athletic achievements. Her love of sports carried on as an adult enjoying curling, golf, following baseball and being a Wheaties Hockey fan and supporter. She and Jack were a "billet" family for many Wheat Kings players, with relationships from then that exist today. She loved to travel, and she loved to cruise including Alaska, the Panama and Russia. Cancer took her Jack after 46+ years of marriage and she had the great fortune to love again with Fred Campbell and for 16 more years. She and Fred travelled, golfed up a storm and volunteered energetically in UCT, the Legion, Kiwanis, Hydro X and many more. She left us on her terms, independent and in peace. A Celebration of Life will be held in the summer of 2019. In lieu of flowers, she would have preferred a donation to the Heart and Stroke Foundation, 1379 Kenaston Blvd., Winnipeg, MB, R3P 2T5. Cards of Condolence should be directed to Fred at Victoria Landing in Brandon.