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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Kathleen H. Tarantelli
Kathleen H.
Tarantelli
Aug 8, 1920 — Aug 2, 2016
Kathleen H. Tarantelli's Obituary
GLENS FALLS -- Kathleen H. Tarantelli, a lifelong resident of Glens Falls, passed away Tuesday, August 2, 2016, one week shy of her 96th birthday.
She was born August 8, 1920 to the late Julia B. and John J. Halloran.
On September 18, 1949, she married Joseph E. Tarantelli at St. Mary's Church, Glens Falls. They were married 48 years before his death in 1997.
A graduate of St. Mary's Academy and Troy Business College, she worked as a bookkeeper at The Tire Shop, General Electric and Merkel and Gelman's Department Store. She retired from the Queensbury School District as its Account Clerk-Board Treasurer.
She was a lifelong communicant of St. Mary's Parish, having served at one time as secretary of the Parish Council and the Catholic Adult League.
In addition to her career as a bookkeeper and account clerk, Kay was a sorority president (Beta Omicron), a St. Mary's cheerleader, a ballroom dancer, an avid golfer, a world traveler, a math whiz, and an extraordinary cook and baker. Her spaghetti sauce and meatballs were legendary among family, friends, and neighbors.
Besides her parents and her husband, her siblings, Daniel (Infant), John D. Halloran, Margaret H. Bergen, Mary E. and Pauline A. Halloran, Eileen H. Carney and Christina H. McCarthy, predeceased her.
Survivors include daughters, Kathleen M. (Philip), JoAnne M., and Christine Kvinlaug (Steve), three grandchildren, Sven Erik and Brit Christine Kvinlaug, and Samuel Joseph Tarantelli Stern, as well as many loving nieces and nephews who were an important part of her life.
The family is grateful to her caregivers Cyndi, Kathy and Tracey, the staff at High Peaks Hospice, the staff on the fourth floor of the Pines and to Linc and Justin for their compassion and kindness.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 13, at St. Mary's Church, Warren St., Glens Falls.
Interment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, South Glens Falls.
Memorial contributions in Kay's name may be made to StoryCorps (www.storycorps.org/ways-to-give) StoryCorps, Attn: Individual Giving, 80 Hanson Place, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217, where her story of growing up in Glens Falls is archived, to St. Mary's St. Alphonsus School, 10-12 Church St., Glens Falls, NY 12801or the McCarthy Scholarship Fund at St. Mary's.
Condolences may be sent to the Baker Funeral Home, 11 Lafayette St., Queensbury, NY 12804 or through www.bakerfuneralhome.com.
She was born August 8, 1920 to the late Julia B. and John J. Halloran.
On September 18, 1949, she married Joseph E. Tarantelli at St. Mary's Church, Glens Falls. They were married 48 years before his death in 1997.
A graduate of St. Mary's Academy and Troy Business College, she worked as a bookkeeper at The Tire Shop, General Electric and Merkel and Gelman's Department Store. She retired from the Queensbury School District as its Account Clerk-Board Treasurer.
She was a lifelong communicant of St. Mary's Parish, having served at one time as secretary of the Parish Council and the Catholic Adult League.
In addition to her career as a bookkeeper and account clerk, Kay was a sorority president (Beta Omicron), a St. Mary's cheerleader, a ballroom dancer, an avid golfer, a world traveler, a math whiz, and an extraordinary cook and baker. Her spaghetti sauce and meatballs were legendary among family, friends, and neighbors.
Besides her parents and her husband, her siblings, Daniel (Infant), John D. Halloran, Margaret H. Bergen, Mary E. and Pauline A. Halloran, Eileen H. Carney and Christina H. McCarthy, predeceased her.
Survivors include daughters, Kathleen M. (Philip), JoAnne M., and Christine Kvinlaug (Steve), three grandchildren, Sven Erik and Brit Christine Kvinlaug, and Samuel Joseph Tarantelli Stern, as well as many loving nieces and nephews who were an important part of her life.
The family is grateful to her caregivers Cyndi, Kathy and Tracey, the staff at High Peaks Hospice, the staff on the fourth floor of the Pines and to Linc and Justin for their compassion and kindness.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 13, at St. Mary's Church, Warren St., Glens Falls.
Interment will follow at St. Mary's Cemetery, South Glens Falls.
Memorial contributions in Kay's name may be made to StoryCorps (www.storycorps.org/ways-to-give) StoryCorps, Attn: Individual Giving, 80 Hanson Place, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11217, where her story of growing up in Glens Falls is archived, to St. Mary's St. Alphonsus School, 10-12 Church St., Glens Falls, NY 12801or the McCarthy Scholarship Fund at St. Mary's.
Condolences may be sent to the Baker Funeral Home, 11 Lafayette St., Queensbury, NY 12804 or through www.bakerfuneralhome.com.
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