KAY FRANCES CARSON ZICKEFOOSE, WHO ATTENDED MONONGAH HIGH, PASSES AWAY AT AGE OF 83
KAY FRANCIS ZICKEFOOSE MENARD
KAY FRANCES CARSON ZICKEFOOSE MENARD WITH HALLIE JO CHRISTENSEN, CHASE CHRISTENSEN
Kay Frances Carson Zickefoose Menard
passes away
Kay Frances Carson Zickefoose, who attended Monongah High but I didn’t find her name in the graduation lists I have for every year, passed away Thursday, October 5.
There have been Zickefooses and
Carsons at Monongah High over the years but they are not listed in the obituary
if they are related, maybe distance relatives.
Robert Morris,
Class of 1964, posted:
“Kay
has been a friend of mine for several years on Facebook. I was a neighbor of
Kay's in Carolina. Lonnie Jerry Carson has been a friend of mine for many
years.”
Bob is battling Parkinson’s Disease,
as reported on this blog in 2011.
Larry Zickefoose, Class of 1968, whose birthday is July 18, is married and
lives in Lexington, Kentucky.
Betty Morris Carson is Class of 1965.
Debra DeFazio Zickefoose is Class of 1968.
Linda Marceller Zickefoose, Class of 1968.
Sharon Zickefoose Lilly, Class of 1965.
Julie Zickefoose Dye, Class of 1979.
Kay’s obituary:
Kay Frances Carson Zickefoose Menard, 83, of Fairmont,
West Virginia, passed away on Thursday, October 5th, 2023, surrounded by her
loving family.
She was born in
Carolina, West Virginia on May 27th, 1940. She was the youngest and only
daughter of the late Ralph R. Carson and Anna Bernice Jarvis Carson.
Kay attended Monongah High School in Monongah, West
Virginia where she met and married Master Sergent Noble (Sonny) Zickefoose on
January 1st, 1957.
Together they had four children. Kay spent many years
as a devoted military wife and mother.
Noble preceded her in death on November 30th, 1981, in
Port St. Lucie, Florida.
Kay married Wilfred Claude Menard on December 12, 1987,
in Port St. Lucie, Florida, and remained married until her death.
Following their marriage, they found their way back to
her home state of West Virginia. Kay enjoyed her role as grandmother and great-grandmother
(lovingly known as “Bonana”) as well as cooking and hosting friends and family
at her campsite along the Ohio River.
Kay was a devout Christian; she loved the Lord and
shared her faith with her children and grandchildren.
She is survived by her loving husband of 36 years
Wilfred Menard (Pepé); her son, Noble (Rick) Zickefoose and daughter-in-law
Cindy Zickefoose of Parkersburg, West Virginia along with their daughter,
Dallas Kay Garrett (Zachary), and son, Sonny Ray Zickefoose (Moriah); her
daughter Kim Pellillo of Fairmont, West Virginia, along with her daughter Sonni
Pellillo (Brian Harris) and her son Matthew Pellillo (Gabriella DeLuca); her
daughter Julie Dye and son-in-law Allen Dye of Warren, Ohio along with her son,
Jonathan Massett (April); her daughter, Hallie Jo Christensen (Richard Malcolm)
of Buckhannon, West Virginia along with her children, Drew Christensen
(Miranda), Chase Christensen (Kaitlyn Sellers) and Brooke Christensen. She is
also survived by her stepdaughter daughter Wendy Menard (Scott Thornbury), and
their daughter Erin Duchemin (Daniel); and son David Viens, Jr.
In addition, Kay is survived by her brother Lonnie G.
Carson of Fairmont, West Virginia, as well as 19 beloved great-grandchildren
and many nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and first husband, Kay
was preceded in death by her brothers, Ralph R. Carson and Donald R. Carson,
and her son-in-law Jim Pellillo.
In keeping with Kay’s wishes, her family and friends
will gather for a celebration of her life, at what had become one of her and
Will’s most beloved places along the Ohio River in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
The celebration of her life will be held this spring.
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