Catherine Kay Ballou

Catherine E. “Kay” Ballou, 90, passed away in Sandpoint, Idaho on Monday, May 25, 2009. Graveside committal services will be conducted at 11:00 AM, Friday, May 29, 2009, in the Holy Cross Cemetery Mausoleum. The address is N 7200 Wall Street, Spokane, Washington. Father Dennis C. Day, St Joseph’s Catholic Church will officiate. Kay was born in Chicago, IL on Feb. 8, 1919, growing up in the Chicago area. She moved to Sandpoint, Idaho in 1945 and married Wally Ballou on November 16, 1955 in Rochester, New York. She lived in Sandpoint and was a member of St Joseph’s Catholic Church. She belonged to the Ladies of the Moose, the American Legion Auxiliary, and volunteered for the Cancer Society. She enjoyed fishing, hunting, photography, gardening, flowers, and traveling. She liked to give gifts of her knitting and crocheting. She is survived by her husband Wally Ballou of Sandpoint, and was preceded in death by her parents and one sister.