Kathleen Marie URSAKI

McLAVISH, Kathleen (Kay) Marie October 28, 1927 - August 6, 2008 Kathleen McLavish, beloved wife of William R. McLavish of Calgary, passed away on August 6, 2008 at the age of 80 years. Kay was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. She graduated from Balfour Tech and resided in Kimberly, BC for three years before moving to Calgary in 1954. Kay and Bill were married in Knox United Church, Regina, in 1951 and just celebrated their Fifty-Seventh Wedding Anniversary. Kay worked as a Property Manager for Bishop Morrow Insurance and Skinner Management for thirty-one years combined. Kay and Bill are supporters of the Calgary Humane Society. She was an avid reader with particular interest in current events, including politics in both the USA and Canada. Kay was one of Calgary's first recipients of successful open heart surgery in the early Seventies. Besides her loving husband Bill, Kay is also survived by her brother Paul (Dorothy) Ursaki of Prince Albert, and their children, Grant, Coral, Calvin and Barry; sister-in-law Phyllis Murray of Tompkins, Sask. and her children, Morley and Laird Murray; brother-in-law Larry (Sandra) McLavish of Red Deer and their children, Ross, Steven, Stacey, Shaun, Meagan and Benjamin. Kay was predeceased by her parents Albert and Katherine Ursaki, father-in-law William McLavish and her mother-in-law Hannah Braaten. Funeral Services will be held at CALGARY CREMATORIUM CHAPEL, 3219 - 4 Street N.W. (within the valley of Queen's Park Cemetery), on Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. Interment to follow at Queen's Park Mausoleum. To email expressions of sympathy: ccl@hffs.com, subject heading: Kay McLavish. If friends so desire, memorial tributes may be made directly to The Calgary Humane Society, 4455 - 110 Avenue S.E., Calgary, AB T2C 2T7 (Telephone 403-205-4455). HERITAGE FUNERAL SERVICES "Calgary Crematorium Chapel" Telephone: 403-299-0111. Published in the Calgary Herald from 8/10/2008 - 8/12/2008