Catherine ''Kay'' Piper

March 6, 1916 ~ February 16, 2001
Resided in:
Candler, NC
Mrs. Piper was born in Clearfield, PA, and was a daughter of the late Robert F. and Margaret Garrity Bolam. She had lived in Buncombe County since 1983 and she was a member of NARFE Chapter #156 and an active member of St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church.
She was married to the late Francis H. McFadden, with whom she had six children, Patricia Greenstein of Greenville, NC, Mary McFadden, Margaret “Peggy” Crandell, Denise Kubic, and Dennis McFadden, of Olean, NY, and Daniel McFadden of Endicott, NY.
Following Mr. McFadden’s death in 1956, she married Edward W. Piper, who survives her, and acquired two children through this marriage, J. Frank Wingard and Charlene Metcalf. She is also survived by a sister, Dorothy Marie Tracy of Bolivar, NY, fifteen grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Mass will be at 11:00 am Monday at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church with the Rev. C. Morris Boyd officiating. Burial will be later in the week at Sacred Heart Cemetery, Wellsville, NY.
A Rosary is scheduled for 6:00 pm Sunday at Groce Funeral Home on Patton Avenue, after which her family will receive friends.
Her family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 919 Haywood Road, Asheville, NC 28806, or to the American Cancer Society, 120 Executive Park, Building One, Asheville, NC 28801.
Mr. Piper, we extend our sincere sympathy. We didn’t get to know you and Kay very well while we were neighbors on Vista Drive. We remember you fondly as our ‘new neighbors’. We express our sympathy and concern at this special time.
I’m so glad I got the chance to be with her last weekend. I will remember that forever. I love you grandma.
Grandpa:
Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
I remember Kay’s prayer book . . . it was well-worn and she had her special prayers each day. When Kay prayed for you . . . you were well-prayed for! I know that she is still praying for all her grandchildren and all her special friends . . . especially her closest friend, Ed. Will never forget her smile that would light up the church!
Dear Friends,
Please know that my prayers are with you in your loss of this very special lady. Though I did not know her well, she gave a wonderful glimpse of just how dear she was when she and Ed came to speak with my youth group class on marriage a few years back, at St.Joan of Arc. Their words of wisdom and kindness touched all of us very deeply. How fortunate you were to have been loved and nurtured by such a woman. May God bless each of you with His comfort and His great peace. Yours in Christ, Barbara Vaughan