Obituary: Catherine “Kay” Raymond Wert
Kay was a long-time resident of Haddonfield. She was 90-years-old. Born in Philadelphia and having spent her early years in Woodbury, Kay moved to Haddonfield as a teenager and enjoyed 70 years on Marne Avenue before recently moving to Haverford PA.
She started her varied career with Curtis Publishing in Philadelphia, worked at the Philadelphia Navy Yard during WWII, then several South Jersey medical practices, before spending over 25 years with Strawbridge and Clothier, finally retiring from Macy’s, winning many employee recognitions. She was a longtime member of Christ the King, the Haddonfield Fortnightly, the Mabel Kay Senior Center, and she was especially proud of her volunteer service with the ladies axillary of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. Kay was the only child of parents Raymond and Catherine Wert.
Although never married, she enjoyed the friendship of many over the years including her oldest and closest friends Josephine and Michael Kizeik and their children, Gregory Kizeik, Diane Donatoni, Michael Kizeik (her godchild), and Joanne Buckley. Having no family of her own she spent many happy holidays with the Kizeiks and often lovingly referred to them as her adopted family.
Friends are invited to her funeral Mass Wednesday Oct. 9 at 10 a.m. at Christ the King Church 200 Windsor Ave. Interment Calvary Cemetery Cherry Hill, NJ. Visitation 9:30 a.m. until Mass time at the Church.
