Kay Mooney
Kay Mooney, 83, of Harpers Ferry died Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waukon. Funeral services were held Monday, March 16 at Immaculate Conception Wexford Catholic Church in rural Lansing with Fr. John Moser officiating and burial was in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Immaculate Conception Wexford Catholic Church Foundation or to the Veterans Memorial Hospital Healthcare Foundation.
Janet Kay Mooney was born September 4, 1936 in Clinton, the daughter of William Buell and Helen Irene (Christiansen) Gode. She was baptized and confirmed at Grace Episcopal Church in Clinton. Kay graduated from Clinton High School in 1955, and then attended Iowa State Teachers College (now UNI) in Cedar Falls, receiving a two-year elementary education degree. She then moved to Waukon where she taught Kindergarten for two years.
June 8, 1959, she married Maurice Harold Mooney at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Clinton. After they were married they lived on the Mooney family farm on Sweet Ridge Drive in rural Allamakee County.
Over the next ten years while teaching in Lansing, Kay attended many continuing education classes until graduating from Upper Iowa University with her Bachelor of Arts degree in elementary education. Kay taught Kindergarten, second grade and fourth grade for Eastern Allamakee Community Schools in Lansing for a total of 36 years.
Kay was a member of Immaculate Conception Wexford Catholic Church in rural Lansing, where she was active in Rosary Society. She was also very active with the Lansing Lions Club, as well as the MOSAIC Community Relations Committee and Eastern Allamakee Community School Dollars for Scholars. She also volunteered as a greeter for Veterans Memorial Hospital and was an official election poll worker. Kay especially enjoyed boating on the Mississippi River and traveling the United States with Maury, making it to all but three states. She was an avid reader, enjoyed planting flowers, swimming and playing dominoes. Kay loved taking care of her grandchildren and attending their activities, spending time with her family and friends, and loved meeting people and making new friends.
Survivors include her husband, Maury, of Harpers Ferry; her children: Erin (Brad) Berns of Waukon and Gregory (Erin) Mooney of West Salem, WI; seven grandchildren: Brock, Brigid, Brenna, Carson, Kyla, Jake and Reese; a brother, William “Bill” Buell Gode of Corydon; and a brother-in-law, Frank Norton of Atlanta, GA.
She is preceded in death by her parents; a son, Mark Mooney, who died 40 years ago this month; two brothers- and sisters-in-law, Dale “Chip” and Mona Chapman and Thomas and Carole Mooney; as well as two other sisters-in-law, Jeanne Norton and Connie Gode.
Casketbearers were Kay’s grandchildren. Online condolences may be left at www.martinfunerals.com.
