Catherine (Kay) Patricia Kelly Williams

Catherine (Kay) Williams, 73, of Winchester, Va., died Friday April 8, 2022, at Winchester Medical Center in Winchester, Va.

She was born on April 2, 1949, in Dublin, Ireland to the Late John Kelly and Maura Tobin Kelly.

Catherine came to the United States in December of 1971.  She attended the University of New York, where she earned her Registered Nurse License and later received her RN license in Virginia. While working as a RN at Rochelle Hospital in New York City, she met her late husband, Deacon Kenneth Earl Williams. They later married on September 12, 1973, in Dublin, Ireland and married for the next 47 years.

In the fall of 1973, Kenneth and Catherine Williams moved to Winchester, Va., where they had resided for 47 years.  Catherine was a member of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Winchester, Va.

Surviving are two brothers in Ireland, Antony Kelly and his wife Bernie Kelly, and Raymond Kelly and his wife, Noeleen Kelly, and a sister-in-law Mary Williams and a brother -in-law, James Williams both of Winchester, Va.  A foster child, La 'Tisha Williams of Purcellville, Va. and two God sons, Elyus Wallace of Winchester, Va., and Kevin Wallace.  Kenneth and Catherine help raised Maxine Allison of Winchester, Va.

She had a host of nieces and nephews both here in the United States and Ireland, whom she dearly loved. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Kenneth Williams, her parents, and a brother Patrick (Paddy) Kelly and a niece Kegan Kelly.

A Memorial service will be held at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Winchester, Va. on Wednesday April 27 ^th at 11 am.

Ministry of Comfort Entrusted to

Cartwright Funeral Home

Winchester, VA

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