Catherine C. "Kay" McQuade, a long time Lowell resident, died Friday August 1, 2008 at a local nursing home. She was 82.
Born in Lowell on July 27, 1926, she was a daughter of the late John A. and Susan M. (McGirr) McQuade.
She had been employed by The University of Massachusetts at Lowell as the Assistant Director of Payroll. She was a member of the League of Catholic Women and a member of the Middlesex Women's Club. She was a communicant of St. Francis Church in Dracut.
Kay was an avid shopper and enjoyed spending time with her family and friends.
Survivors include a brother, Joseph T. McQuade of Westford; two sisters, Mary B. Shea of Goffstown, NH, Joan E. Lynch and her husband Thomas of Princeton; a sister-in-law, Dorothy McQuade of Lexington, formerly of Nashua, NH; 16 nieces and nephews, many grand nieces and nephews and three great grand nieces and nephews; many dear friends including Patricia Dailey of Lowell.
She was a sister of the late John V. McQuade.