Kathryn Lay, daughter of the late Alexander and Oma Bowman McRoy, was born in Bloomfield on Sept. 6, 1921, and died at the Bertrand Nursing Center in Bertrand, on Nov. 7, 2015, at the age of 94.
She had lived in the Bloomfield area all of her life. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield. She had been a baby sitter and loved children.
On Oct. 30, 1940, she was married to Hugh Lay in Bloomfield.
Surviving are her husband, Hugh Lay of Bloomfield; three daughters and spouses, Sharon and Robert Jones of Sikeston, Debbie and Dale Parks of Dexter and Bonnie and Roger Gibbs of Bloomfield; 15 grandchildren; 17 great- grandchildren; nine great-great-grandchildren; two brothers, Bill McRoy of Bloomfield and Bob McRoy of Bowling Green, Ky.; and one sister, Mary Gilbee of Overland, Mo. Other relatives and friends also survive.
She was preceded in death by one daughter, Patsy Griffin and several brothers and sisters.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, after 11 a.m. at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. Funeral services will follow at 1 p.m. in the chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Stevens officiating. Interment will follow at the Walker Cemetery in Bloomfield.
Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home of Bloomfield is in charge of all arrangements.
Online condolences may be shared at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com