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Catherine "Kay"
M. Wooldridge
Jul 15, 1932 — Mar 10, 2019
Reading
Catherine "Kay" (Crowley) Wooldridge of Reading, beloved wife of Ralph W. Wooldridge for 64 years. Kay worked tirelessly with her husband to build a successful printing business, DataPrint in Woburn, MA. While raising her family in Reading, MA and spending fun filled summers in Atkinson, NH. Throughout the years Kay was actively involved in the community, volunteering as a Girl Scout and Campfire troop leader, a member of the Board of Directors of Big Island Pond Corporation in New Hampshire, an organizer of the annual 4th of July celebration in Stickney Shores Grove and an active member of the Church of the Good Shepherd in Reading, MA. Kay was instrumental in having swimming lessons added to her handicapped son's class curriculum, and was an active leader in fund raising for the schools needs. Kay was an avid crafter: knitting, sewing, and scrapbooking. Kay was the family photographer documenting all family events, her camera always at the ready. Kay used her photography skills to document the many trips she and Ralph took with friends throughout the years.
Kay was a devoted Mother to Deborah A. Vinciguerra and her husband Phil of Billerica, David A. Wooldridge and his wife Wendy of Reading, Wendy S. Dole and her husband Al of Newton, NH, and the late Wayne Wooldridge. A loving Grandmother to Deanna, Danielle, Joshua, Amanda, Erica and Matthew. And a loving Great Grandmother to Aidan, Brooke, Charlotte, and Forest. Sister of the late Neil Crowley and Phyllis Bokuniewicz. Loving Aunt to many nieces and nephews.
Special thanks to all the loving caregivers at Bridges at Westford.
A funeral service will be held on Friday, March 15th, at The Church of the Good Shepherd, 95 Woburn Street, (corner of Chute St.), Reading at 11 a.m. Burial to follow in Forest Glen Cemetery, Reading.
Visiting hours Thursday, March 14 at the Douglass, Edgerley and Bessom Funeral Home, 25 Sanborn St., (corner of Woburn St.), Reading from 4:00 pm – 8:00pm.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in Kay's memory to the Alzheimer's Assoc. MA/NH Chapter 309 Waverly Oaks Rd., Waltham, MA 02452.
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