Kay is originally from Maryville, MO. She and Pat retired to Macon from Lawrence, KS. Kay’s past work experience includes a deputy sheriff for Carroll County, MO (7 years), a human resources rep (8 years) with the Lawrence Public schools, an office manager for a Heritage Communications branch office (Des Moines, IA) as well as an office manager for a Lawrence law firm (6 years) as well as holding office manager and bookkeeper positions over the past sixty years.
Since moving to Macon Kay has been on several boards in the community and she volunteers with several organizations in Macon. First and foremost, she has been Vendor Coordinator & Co-Chair for the annual Fork & Cork Festival for the past 12 years. She is the Board Secretary for the Mainstreet Macon Downtown Association, is a past Chamber Board member, and currently is the Samaritan Hospital Auxiliary President. A past President of the Friends of the Macon Library (9 years) she is currently doing volunteer work for the Macon County Health Dept., the Maples Rep, is a Chamber and Macon County Historical Society volunteer, and served on the 2022-2023 Macon Walk for Alzheimer’s. In 2021 she worked with the Macon County Missouri 2021 Bicentennial celebration.
Her pastimes include a booth at the Weathervane Antique Mall, making baskets and doing appliqué work. Kay is an avid gardener with membership in two garden clubs, Master Gardeners and Friends & Flowers Garden Club of which she is the current president. In her spare time, she enjoys the YMCA, her coffee group and readers groups.
She was selected as the 2022 Macon Area Chamber of Commerce Volunteer of the Year!